Monocots - Database of anatomical images

ASC00064359 Sporobolus airoides

First Collector	P.G. Rowlands
Collection Date	1992-09-16
Country	USA
Province	Arizona
Latitude	35.116667
Longitude	-109.666667000000004
Altitude	1706
Habitat	Petrified Forest Nat. Monument, Dead Wash

Anatomical description of culm

Cross-section round. Outline smooth. Culm center hollow. Recognizable epidermis cells. Continuous peripheral sclerenchymatic belt. Large vascular bundles in one row. Small vascular bundles integrated in the sclerenchymatic belt. Solitary large vascular bu

Anatomical description of leaf

Outline wavy. Upper epidermis cells in one row. Epidermis with papillae. Vascular bundles centered between the upper and lower side of the leaf. Girders extending from the vascular bundle to both sides of the leaf.