Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0102-0107 Eriophorum angustifolium

First Collector	Honckeney
Collection Date	2010-06-25
Country	Switzerland
Province	Grisons
Latitude	NA
Longitude	NA
Altitude	2200
Habitat	Perennial. meadow, subalpine zone.

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 2-5 mm, wall large, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness approximately 1: 0.5. Outline circular with a smooth surface. Culm-center hollow and surrounded by many large thin-walled, not lignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma

Anatomical description of rhyzom

Rhizome diameter 5-10 mm, Rhizome center full, containing lignified 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 absen