Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Title: Stomates of Lecythidaceae. Drawing by Y.-Y. Huang and Photo by D. Black.

Description: Top: Abaxial viiew of stomates showing epidermal cells, subsidiary cells, and guard cells. From Huang et al. 2008. Bottom: Cross section of a leaf of Eschweilera collina (Mori et al. 14774) showing epidermal cells, guard cells, a stomatal crypt, and the cuticle. From Mori & Black, 1987.

Term:

Subsidiary cells

Definition:

Epidermal cells that surround stomates and are different in shape, size, or position from other epidermal cells.