Monocots - Database of anatomical images

582702 Carex melanocephala

First Collector	Staudinger,M.
Collection Date	2002-08-11
Country	Russian Federation
Province	Altay
Latitude	49.408611111°
Longitude	88.035000000°
Altitude	2918
Habitat	Schneeböden

Anatomical description of culm

Cross-section triangular. Outline wavy. Culm center hollow. Epidermis with papillae. Recognizable epidermis cells. Peripheral sclerenchymatic stabilisation structure (girders) rectangular. Large vascular bundles in one row. Solitary large vascular bundles

Anatomical description of leaf

Outline wavy. Upper and lower epidermis cells of equal size and shape. Upper epidermis cells in one row. Vascular bundles near the lower side of the leaf. Girders extending from the vascular bundle to both sides of the leaf.