Subsidiary cells
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Title
Subsidiary cells
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Definition
Epidermal cells that surround stomates and are different in shape, size, or position from other epidermal cells.
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Notes
In neotrpical Lecythidaceae, anomocytic, anisocytic, and paracytic subsidiary cells have been documented (Mori & Black, 1987). There is a tendency for the actinomorphic-flowered species (e.g., Gustavia) to have the first two types and the zygomorphic-flowered species to have paracytic subsidiary cells, but exceptions to this are known.
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