Anatomic studies on leaves from three plants of Goniothalamus (Bl.) Hook. f. et Thoms / 中草药

Object To study the botanic characteristics of leaves from three plants of Goniothalamus (Bl.) Hook. f. et Thoms. in order to correctly distinguish them from numerous plants of the genus, which are important resource of anticancer medicine.Methods The maceration method and paraffin method were used to study the epidermis and structures of leaves from G. griffithii Hook. f. et Thoms., G. leiocarpus (W. T. Wang) P. T. Li and G. yunnanensis W. T. Wang. Results Three leaves were morphologically similar in the structure, but there were some anatomical differences among them. For example, the absence of druses in the epidermis and the presence of fibrous sclereids in the lamina mesophyll of leaves from G. griffithii, while the presence of druses in epidermis and the absence of fibrous sclereids in lamina mesophyll of the leaves from G. griffithii and G. yunnanensis were observed. In addition, epidermal hairs of G. griffithii were composed of three cells, stomatas were always normal, there were seven oil cells and 25 mucilage cells per mm leaf width in lamina mesophyll and the vascular tissue of the midrib consisting of ten small bundles. However, epidermal hairs of G. yunnanensis were composed of two cells, many abortive stomatas were present at the distal surface, there were only four oil cells and 16 mucilage cells per mm leaf width and the vascular tissue of the midrib consisted of 12 small bundles.Conclusion Three species were easily identified on the basis of epidermal and structural characters of the leaves of them.

Identification of leaf structure of Cyclocarya paliurus / 中草药

Objective To study the leaf morphology and structure of Cyclocarya paliurus.Methods Foliar maceration,preparation of venation order,sectioning paraffin blocks,and scanning electron microscope were used to study the leaf morphology and structure.Results Cuticular papillates,glandular hairs,peltate scales,and non-glandular hairs presented on the leaf epidermis of C.paliurus.Anomocytic stomata were confined to the lower epidermis.Large cluster crystals existed in the uppermost layer of palisade cells.Midrib included one closed vascular system and one additional vascular strand.Secondary veins are semicraspedodromous and form marginal loops,tertiary veins are percurrent,quaternary veins form orthogonal or polygonal areoles filled up by branched and freely ended veinlets.Conclusion These structure characteristics are first reported and are useful for leaf identification of C.paliurus from other Juglandaceae plants.