Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0247-0250 Carex curvula

First Collector	NA
Collection Date	2011-07-31
Country	Switzerland
Province	Grisons
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	2400
Habitat	Perennial. meadow, alpine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 1-2 mm, wall large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.5. Outline circular with a smooth surface. Center hollow, surrounded by thin-walled lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis c

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 2-4.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing unlignified cells. Rhizome center full, containing sclerenchyma. Endodermis absent.With cortex/central cylinder separation. Endodermis present. Endodermis cells u-shaped, thick walled. Cells in t