Wood structure of Aegiceras corniculatum and its ecological adaptations to salinities |
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Authors: | Qiang Sun Peng Lin |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China |
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Abstract: | We describe the wood structure of Aegiceras corniculatum and its differences under various soil salinities. This species had
diffuse-porous wood with poorly defined growth rings. Vessels which had single perforations occurred abundantly and in multiples
and were storeyed. Intervascular pits between contiguous vessels were alternate bordered ones while half-bordered pit-pairs
existed between both vessel-ray and vessel-parenchyma. Homogenous xylem rays were multiseriate and uniseriate. Fiber-tracheids
with bordered pits often had thinner walls. Xylem parenchyma cells were scant and distributed diffusely and paratracheally.
Differences in the structural and quantitative characters of vessels, xylem rays and fiber-tracheids under diverse soil salinities
are described.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | Aegiceras corniculatum wood structure quantitative characters soil salinities |
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