Cuticular wax

• Title

  Cuticular wax

• Definition

  Flakes found on the abaxial leaf blade surface that look like they could have been formed by shedding of the cuticle.

• Notes

  The taxonomic significance of cuticular wax in neotropical Lecythidaceae has not been studied.

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