New cambial variant in the genus Ephedra (Ephedraceae).
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https://doi.org/10.31055/1851.2372.v49.n2.7841Keywords:
Cambial variant, lobed stem, aggregate rays, diagonal radial parenchima, reaction wood, Ephedra tweedianaAbstract
New cambial variant in the genus Ephedra (Ephedraceae). This contribution presents the results of a study on the caulinar wood of the liana Ephedra tweediana Fisch. & C. A. Mey. emend. J. H. Hunz. (Ephedraceae), carried out through conventional anatomic techniques. The presence of the cambial variant called “lobed stem” is disclosed for the genus for the first time. The presence of reaction wood (expressed by eccentric medulDownloads
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