Foliar epidermal and anatomical characters of Citrus limon (Rutaceae) cultivated in Al-Marj (Libya)

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  • Wafa Ahmed Mahmoud Department of Botany, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Benghazi, Al-Marj, Libya. Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58916/jhas.v9i1.203

Keywords:

Citrus limon, epidermis, anatomy, druses and trichomes, Al-Marj (Libya).

Abstract

Epidermal and anatomical features of Citrus limon (L.) Osbeck, cultivated in Al-Marj city were studied. The goal of the current study is provide new characteristics for the identification and description of this species. Epeidemal characteristics such as a variety of cell shapes, hypostomatic, anamocytic stomata, contiguous stomata and mega stomata are important in distinguish C. limon. Mesophyll  arrangement, the shape of vascular bundle, the presence of druses and secertory cavities these features have high taxonomic value at infrageneic level.  We abserve glandular and non glandular trichomes in petiole. Trichomes have very important taxonomic values.

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2024-03-06

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Wafa Ahmed Mahmoud. (2024). Foliar epidermal and anatomical characters of Citrus limon (Rutaceae) cultivated in Al-Marj (Libya). Bani Waleed University Journal of Humanities and Applied Sciences, 9(1), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.58916/jhas.v9i1.203

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