Ultrastructural details of leaf papilla development in the moss Andreaeobryum macrosporum

• Published in: Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America
• Main Authors: Crandall-Stotler, Barbara J., Bozzola, John J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1990
• Subjects: General Medicine; Steere; Triton; Brooks Range; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s042482010016090x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S042482010016090X

Projecting papillae ornament the abaxial leaf surfaces of many mosses, including those of the primitive, ectohydric taxon Andreaeobryum macrosporum Steere & B. Murr.. Such papillae presumably create a network of capillary spaces on the leaf surface proper, through which water can be effectively...