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The present investigation deals with the epidermal structure and development of stomata for seven species of Oleaceae. The epidermal cells are either polygonal isodiametric or elongated in various directions and irregularly arranged. The anticlinal walls are thick, mostly straight, rarely sinuous. The surface of the cuticle shows parallel or corrugated striations. The mature stomata are anomocytic, perigenous and paracytic. In some cases the stomata with a single subsidiary cell have also been observed. The development of the paracytic and the stomata with a single subsidiary cell is mesogenous. The retention ofNyctanthes arbortristis Linn. in the Oleaceae is also substantiated by the study of stomatal development.
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Inamdar, J.A. Ontogeny of stomata in some oleaceae. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 67, 157–164 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053867
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