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Wood And Bark Anatomy Of Myricaceae: Relationships, Generic Definitions, And Ecological Interpretations, Sherwin Carlquist
Wood And Bark Anatomy Of Myricaceae: Relationships, Generic Definitions, And Ecological Interpretations, Sherwin Carlquist
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany
Wood anatomy of the single species of Canacomyrica (hitherto not studied) shows that it belongs in Myricaceae, although it differs from other genera in several respects (axial parenchyma grouped in bands or columns as well as diffuse; Heterogeneous Type I rays; more numerous bars per perforation plate). The latter two features are primitive for the family. The four genera (Canacomyrica. Comptonia, Morella, and Myrica s.s.) differ from each other not only by qualitative features but by quantitative features (feature means in genera mostly non- overl apping). Wood of Comptonia and Myri ca s.s. lacks chambered crystals in axial parenchyma and …