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Axial parenchyma consists of axially elongate cells or (more commonly) strands of cells, alive at maturity, derived from fusiform cambial initials. Axial parenchyma cells are usually thinner-walled than the imperforate tracheary elements with which they are associated. Each cell in a strand of axial parenchyma is usually surrounded by a secondary wall. This definition excludes living fibers, which have contents living at maturity but which tend to have thicker walls than axial parenchyma; if septate, living fibers are subdivided only by a primary wall (cf. Fig. 4.6.3 and 4.6.4).
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Carlquist, S. (1988). Axial Parenchyma. In: Comparative Wood Anatomy. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-21714-6_5
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