Monocots - Database of anatomical images

0108-0114 Eriophorum scheuchzeri Hoppe

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

Anatomical description of culm

Culm-diameter 2-5 mm, center full, radius of culm in relation to wall thickness 1:1. Outline circular with a smooth surface. Culm-center full, containing unlignified cells. Center with net-like aerenchyma (stellate). Epidermis cells thick-walled all aroun

Anatomical description of rhyzom

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