Leaf anatomy of the Menispermaceae tribe Tiliacoreae Miers

WILKINSON, H. P., 1988. Leaf anatomy of the Menispermaceae tribe Tiliacoreae Miers . An anatomical study of the leaves of 25 species belonging to 12 of the 19 genera has been made. The anatomical characters found to be of the most use in distinguishing taxa or groups of taxa are: in surface view–stomatal outline, stomatal density and distribution, subsidiary cell or surrounding cell patterns, presence /absence of hairs; in transverse sections–dimensions of adaxial epidermal cells, morphology of spongy mesophyll, midrib outline, number and distribution of vascular bundles, presence/absence of an upper pulvinus, presence/absence of sclereids in the upper pulvinus, presence/absence of secretory sacs, crystal type and distribution.