Title: Wood Anatomy of Onagraceae: Additional Species and Concepts
Abstract:Wood aiKitoiny of Epilohium coldiicum subsp.colchicnm.Fuchsia excorticafa, and Ilauya licydeana is described qualitati\x'ly and quantitati\cly.For the latter two species, lar^e logs were available and...Wood aiKitoiny of Epilohium coldiicum subsp.colchicnm.Fuchsia excorticafa, and Ilauya licydeana is described qualitati\x'ly and quantitati\cly.For the latter two species, lar^e logs were available and woi)d portions from both inside and outside were analyzed.Although these three species offer no features new for Onagractuic, each adds features new for its respective genus.By means of numerical indices which are termed vulnerability and mesoniorph>', respectively, values arc presented to show the range in ecological characteristics of woods of the three species, as well as of all Onagraceae studied earlier.Onagraeeae show a wide range in thr*e indices and probably form a good model of \\hat use indices in families with a 1)r()ad ecological range will demonstrate.Wood from inside of logs of Fuclisia cxcorticata and Ilatiya licijdcana is more xeromorphic than wood from the periphery.Read More