New Zealand Journal of Botany abstract
Wood anatomy of the dicotyledons indigenous to New Zealand
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Fabaceae*--subfam. Faboideae (part I)
RAJNI N. PATEL
Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research
P.O. Box 69
Lincoln, New Zealand
Abstract Wood anatomy of Sophora prostrata Buchanan,
S. tetraptera J.S. Mill., and S. microphylla Aiton indigenous to
New Zealand is described. Vessels are usually arranged in dendritic and oblique
patterns, but in some narrow growth rings such patterns are absent. Several
types of fusiform parenchyma cell and parenchyma strand are recorded. Forms
intermediate between chambered non-storied parenchyma strands and chambered
fibres are present. Disjunctive walls are present in axial and ray parenchyma
cells. Only a few minor anatomical differences of limited diagnostic value
occur among the individual New Zealand species of Sophora.
Keywords Fabaceae; Sophora prostrata; Sophora
tetraptera; Sophora microphylla; wood anatomy; New Zealand
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 1995, Vol. 33: 121-130
0028-825X/95/3301-0121 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995
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