dictyostele

(ˈdɪktɪəˌstiːl; dɪkˈtaɪəˌstiːl)

a form of stele found in some ferns, containing so many gaps that it is like a network of separate strands

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References in periodicals archive

These are: #7, arborescence absent [right arrow] present; #16, root anatomy 2-5 arch [right arrow] polyarch; #26, stipules absent [right arrow] present; #33, dictyostele absent [right arrow] present; #34, polycyclic stele absent [right arrow] present; #38, borders on metaxylem pitting present [right arrow] absent; #39, phloem disposition ectophloic [right arrow] amphiphloic; and #66, sporangia fused forming synangia absent [right arrow] present.

FOSSILS AND FERN PHYLOGENY

The dictyosteles of species of Diplazium and Blechnum have been found to show basic similarities to those of closed eusteles of seed plants (White & Weidlich, 1995).

Anatomy and development of the fern sporophyte

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