Group : central cylinder

All the descriptors concerning the central cylinder are grouped here.

List of descriptors

  1. general stem pattern (ex-von Mohl's classification)
  2. shape of fibrous part in transverse section
  3. wide metaxylem element
  4. number of wide metaxylem element per fibrous vascular bundle
  5. phytoliths
  6. phytoliths distribution in central cylinder
  7. fibrous part centrifugal differentiation
  8. ground parenchyma sustained growth
  9. ground parenchyma of the central cylinder
  10. superficial protective layer (sub-epidermal)
  11. tangential elongation and anticlinal divisions of subcortical parenchyma cells
  12. radial elongation of the fibrous part (in subcortical zone)
  13. fibrous bundles in central cylinder
  14. fibrous part adjacent to the xylem
  15. number of phloem strand
  16. little fibrous vascular bundles (bridges)
  17. radiating parenchyma
  18. tabular parenchyma
  19. end wall slope
  20. specialisation value
  21. metaphloem sieve plate
  22. paravascular parenchyma
  23. vascular zone position
  24. auricular sinus
  25. median sinus
  26. auricular lobe
  27. range of slope index (min_m_max)
  28. Tomlinson's end wall type