Glossary Details – Lecythidaceae

Glossary Details:

Cross section of a leaf showing papillae and epidermal cells. Photo by D. Black.

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:

Cuticle

Definition:

A waxy layer of the leaf blade that covers the epidermal cells. The cuticle is sometimes modified to forma papillae.