Stomata in Craterosiphon and Synaptolepis (Thymelaeaceae)

 

 

Contribution to the study of stomata in Craterosiphon and Synaptolepis (Thymelaeaceae, tropical Africa)

by Robyns A., Colonval-Elenkov E., Malaisse F. (1983)

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in Bulletin van de Nationale Plantentuin van België – ISSN : 0303-9153 –

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/2042670871_E_Colonval-Elenkov

Abstract:

The authors report the existence of a cratershape disposition of the epidermal cells surrounding the stomata for two genera of the Thymelaeaceae family: Craterosiphon and Synaptolepis.

This therefore constitutes an anatomical-taxonomic character; the third genus belonging to the subtribe Dicranolepidinae, namely Dicranolepis, lacks this characteristic.