Table 3 Qualitative character states of leaf epidermis in 14 species of Gagea from Xinjiang, China
Species | Pattern of anticlinal walls | Long cells shape | Stomatal type | Indumentum | Short cells | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ad | Ab | Ad | Ab | Ad | Ab | Ad | Ab | Ad | Ad | |
Gagea alberti | Straight | Straight | Rectangular | Rectangular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Present | Absent | Present | Present |
G. altaica | Sinuous | Sinuous | Rectangular | Rectangular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. bulbifera | Sinuous | Sinuous | Rhomboid | Rhomboid | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. divaricata | Straight | Straight | Rhomboid | Rhomboid | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. fedtschenkoana | Sinuous | Sinuous | Irregular | Irregular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. filiformis | Sinuous | Sinuous | Irregular | Irregular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
G. fragifera | Straight | Straight | Rhomboid | Rhomboid | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
G. granulosa | Sinuous | Sinuous | Rectangular | Rectangular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. jaeschkei | Straight | Straight | Rhomboid | Rhomboid | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. jensii | Straight | Straight | Rectangular | Rectangular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Present | Absent | Present | Present |
G. nigra | Sinuous | Sinuous | Irregular | Irregular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Present | Present |
G. kunawurensis | Sinuous | Sinuous | Irregular | Irregular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
G. stepposa | Straight | Straight | Rhomboid | Rhomboid | Paracytic | Paracytic | Present | Present | Absent | Absent |
G. tenera | Straight | Straight | Rectangular | Rectangular | Paracytic | Paracytic | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |