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Both adaxial and abaxial leaf surfaces were searched for stomata inBalanophora elongata, B. fungosa, Hachettea austro-caledonica, Langsdorffia hypogaea, Lophophytum mirabile subsp.mirabile, Scybalium jamaicense, andThonningia sanguinea (Balanophoraceae). Neither stomata nor guard cells were observed. The epidermal surfaces of these species are extremely diverse with respect to cell shape, cell size, and surface ornamentation, these features providing valuable systematic criteria.
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Kuijt, J., Dong, WX. Surface features of the leaves ofBalanophoraceae — A family without stomata?. Pl Syst Evol 170, 29–35 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937847
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