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Epidermal morphology of 22 species, including 2 varieties ofAdiantum is described. The upper and lower epidermal cells are either rectangular or irregular in shape and generally arranged parallel to the veins. The anticlinal walls of the intercostal cells are usually deeply sinuous. The costal cells are narrower, much elongated with sinuous walls except inA. cuneatum, A. fergusoni andA. formosum in which the cells are straight walled. Stomata are anomocytic type, the largest ones occur inA. macrophyllum, the smallest inA. peruvianum. Uniseriate, 2–4 celled, thick-walled acicular hairs occur in 5 species ofAdiantum. Characteristic “Spicular Cells” have been obsreved inA. macrophyllum.
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Chandra, P., Hashim, I. Epidermal studies in some species ofAdiantum L.. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 79, 80–90 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03045564
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