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[Diagnostic significance of the cuticular patterns on leaf surface of Sarcandra glabra]
Yao Xue Xue Bao = Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The cuticular patterns on leaf surface of Sarcandra glabra (Thunb.) Nakai were studied with scanning electron microscope. It was found that the cuticular patterns vary not only with the district of specimen collection, but also with the developmental stage of the leaf. The characteristics of the cuticular patterns are described in detail with 2 plates of illustrations.
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