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Limonium gmelinii hungaricum
ESEM and Edax observations on leaf and stem epidermal structures (stomata and salt glands) in Limonium gmelinii (Willd.) Kuntze
by Daraban I.-N., Mihali C. V., Turcus V., Ardelean A., Arsene G.-G. (2013)
Iulia-Natalia Daraban1 , C. V. Mihali1 , Violeta Turcus2 , A. Ardelean2 , G.-G. Arsene2,3
1 LIFE SCIENCES INSTITUTE – WESTERN UNIVERSITY „VASILE GOLDIS” – ARAD;
2 VASILE GOLDIS” WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF ARAD;
3 BANAT’S UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE – TIMISOARA, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE
in Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology; Arad
18.1 (2013): 123-130 –
Summary
Plants sampled in a Limonium gmelinii population in Vărsand (Arad, Romania), from a permanent salty meadow are examinated in ESEM and EDAX. The observed structure are the salt glands and the stomata on leaf and stem epidermis.
Specimen were obtained from 10 individual plants. Measurements concern the area of salt glands, their density in leaves epidermis, the longitudinal and transversal dimensions of stomata, and the distance between the salt glands and the nearest stomata.
A higher salt glands area was found in leaves adaxial epidermis, compared to the abaxial epidermis, but the limits of variation are alike.
The stomata are longer in stem epidermis, but their mean width is lower than in leaves epidermis.
The main chemical element, revealed by EDAX observation, in salt glands excreta is calcium.
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