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Cross-Sections Through the Leaves of Several Trees from a Coastal Wood in Kenya (Shimba Hills National Forrest) That Demonstrate the Variability of the Anatomical Structure of Leaves

leg. et det.: M. HÖFT

Semi-Thin Sections, Fluorescent Staining with Coriphosphin and Hoechst 33258 (Bisbenzimid H)

to the left: Triclisia sacleuxii (Menispermaceae) - to the right: Tectona grandis (Verbenaceae; teak tree)

Entada rhedii (Mimosaceae)


to the left: Tabernaemontana pachysiphon (Apocynaceae), very thick sun leaf - to the right: Synaptolepis kirkii (Thymeleaceae): Papillae at the leaf undersurface, voluminous cells at the upper epidermis, very small palisade parenchyma cells.


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