Leaf epidermal characteristics of Some Taxa of Bignoniaceae from Egypt | ||||
| Bulletin of Faculty of Science, Zagazig University | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 2025, Issue 2, June 2025, Page 39-49 PDF (1.79 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/bfszu.2024.306048.1414 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
riham raafat shaheen  1; samir teleb2; Hussein Abd Elbaset3; Marwa El-Demerdash4
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| 1Botany and microbiology department, faculty of science, Zagazig university, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Botany and microbiology department, faculty of science, Zagazig university. | ||||
| 3Botany department, faculty of science, Zagazig university | ||||
| 4Botany department, faculty of science, Zagazig University | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Comparative studies have been carried out on the leaf epidermal features of six species (Handroanthus impetiginosus, Spathodea campanulata, Tabebuia aurea, Tabebuia rosea, Tecomaria capensis and Tecoma stans) of the family Bignoniaceae in Egypt. Observations were carried out and photographed by light microscope (LM). Epidermal features as shape of epidermal cells, pattern of anticlinal wall and presence or absence of stomata at both adaxial and abaxial sides of leaf were observed and compared between the taxa. The shape of epidermal cells varied between polygonal and irregular at both sides. The pattern of anticlinal wall was straight, straight to curved, curved and sinuous at adaxial side and straight to curved, curved, sinuous and wavy (undulate) at abaxial side. Stomata present at abaxial side of all species, while absent at adaxial layer of some species as S. campanulata and T. aurea. Species as S. campanulata and T. aurea are amphistomatic, while H. impetiginosus, T. rosea, T. capensis and T. stans are hypostomatic. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Micromorphological characters; Bignoniaceae; Egypt; Light microscope (LM); epidermal cell and anticlinal wall | ||||
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