عنوان

Stratification of tropical forests as seen in leaf structure

(Number (ISBN

9400965699

(Number (ISBN

9400965710

(Number (ISBN

9789400965690

(Number (ISBN

9789400965713

Number

b542140

Title Proper

Stratification of tropical forests as seen in leaf structure

General Material Designation

[Book]

First Statement of Responsibility

by Ingrid Roth.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Dordrecht

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Springer Netherlands

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

1984

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

(532 pages)

Series Title

Tasks for vegetation science, 6.

Text of Note

1. Introduction.- 2. Source of the Material and Sample Collection.- 3. Preparation of Slides.- 4. General Observations.- Leaf morphology.- Drip tip - Pulvini - Leaf size - Leaf shape - Juvenile and adult leaf forms - Venation.- Innter leaf structure.- Xero-, meso-, hygromorphy, and sun-, medium-, shade-leaf, alternatively - Leaf consistency - Structural peculiarities.- Structure in relation to function.- 5. Tables of the Families Studied Indicating Structural Characteristics.- Annonaceae - Capparidaceae - Violaceae - Flacourtiaceae - Vochysiaceae - Guttiferae - Quiinaceae - Sterculiaceae - Tiliaceae - Elaeocarpaceae - Humiriaceae - Malpighiaceae - Rutaceae - Simaroubaceae - Ochnaceae - Burseraceae - Meliaceae - Dichapetalaceae - Olacaceae - Opiliaceae - Celastraceae - Sapindaceae - Sabiaceae - Anacardiaceae - Mimosaceae - Caesalpiniaceae -Papilionaceae - Rosaceae - Combretaceae - Myrtaceae - Lecythidaceae - Melastomaceae - Araliaceae - Rubiaceae - Sapotaceae - Ebenaceae - Apocynaceae - Boraginaceae - Solanaceae - Bignoniaceae - Verbenaceae -.- Nyctaginaceae - Polygonaceae - Myristicaceae - Lauraceae - Euphorbiaceae - Moraceae - Lacistemaceae - Unidentified (Nigua).- 6. Description of the Families Studied Concerning Leaf Structure.- Annonaceae - Capparidaceae - Violaceae - Flacourtiaceae - Vochysiaceae - Guttiferae - Sterculiaceae - Tiliaceae - Elaeocarpaceae - Malpighiaceae - Rutaceae - Simaroubaceae - Ochnaceae - Burseraceae - Meliaceae - Dichapetalaceae - Opiliaceae - Celastraceae - Sapindaceae - Sabiaceae - Anacardiaceae - Mimosaceae - Caesalpiniaceae - Papilionaceae - Rosaceae - Combretaceae - Myrtaceae - Lecythidaceae - Melastomaceae - Rubiaceae - Sapotaceae - Ebenaceae - Apocynaceae - Boraginaceae - Solanaceae - Bignoniaceae - Verbenaceae - Nyctaginaceae - Polygonaceae - Myristicaceae - Lauraceae - Euphorbiaceae - Moraceae - Lacistemaceae.- 7. Developmental Aspects.- Development of crypts and "cornets" around the stomata - Formation of cork warts - Origin of the oblique position of palisade cells.- 8. Ecological Aspects.- Xeromorphy, succulence, and hygromorphy.- Criteria of xeromorphy - Criteria of hygromorphy.- Sun and shade leaf type.- Criteria of the sun leaf type - Criteria of the shade leaf type.- The significance of the different structural features and their ecological importance.- Blade thickness - Number of layers of the upper epidermis - Waxy layers - Cuticle - Thickness of the outer wall of the upper epidermis - Cell size of the upper epidermis, as seen in transection - Cell size and form of the upper and lower epidermis, as seen in surface view - Number of palisade layers - Length of palisade cells - Length/width index of the palisade cells - Index palisade parenchyma/spongy parenchyma - Stomate density - Stomata length - Level of stoma formation - Hair density - Papillas, wall excrescences and surface sculpturing - Density of vascular bundles - Secretory cells - Secretory canals or cavities - Upper and lower hypodermis - Sclereids - Glands - Slimy walls - Stomata in the upper epidermis - Upper epidermis as a water reservoir - Xero-, meso-, hygromorphic leaves and sun and shade leaf type.- The progressive transformation of the hygromorphic shade leaf into the xeromorphic sun leaf.- Blade size and shape - Blade thickness - Width of outer wall of the upper epidermis - Upper epidermis as a water- storing tissue - Number of epidermis layers - Formation of a (upper or lower) hypodermis - Number of palisade layers - Length of paisade cells - Length/width index of the palisade cells - Chloroplasts - Proportions between palisade and spongy parenchyma - Stomata size and density - Level of stoma formation - Development of "cornets" and crypts - Hair density - Papillas, wall excrescences and surface sculpturing - Density of vascular bundles - Xero-, meso-, hygromorphic leaves - Sun and shade leaf type - The increasing width of the leathery leaf - Comparison of juvenile and adult leaves.- Comparison with the cloud forest - The leathery leaf - Environmental conditions.- Soil - Water supply - Illumination - Temperature.- 9. Taxonomical Aspects.- 10. Phylogenetic Aspects.- 11. Discussion of the Most Important Results.- 12. Figures to the Text.- 13. Bibliography.- 14. Index of Scientific Plant Names.- 15. Index of vernacular plant names.- 16. General Index.

Botany.

Life sciences.

by Ingrid Roth.

Ingrid Roth

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