Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0034-0037 Cyperus papyrus

First Collector	NA
Collection Date	2014-07-26
Country	Switzerland
Province	Zurich
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	430
Habitat	Perennial, pond, hill zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 5-10 mm, Outline circular with a smooth surface. Otline triangular, obtusely. Culm-center full, containing lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis smooth. Epidermis cells thick-walled all around. Large vascular

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 2-4.99 mm, Rhizome center full, containing unlignified cells. Endodermis absent.With cortex/central cylinder separation. Endodermis present. Endodermis as a sclerenchymatic belt. Cells in the cortex round. Vascular bundles in the cortex a