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Sclerenchymatous

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scle·ren·chy·ma  (skl-rngk-m)
n.
A supportive plant tissue that consists of thick-walled, usually lignified cells.

scleren·chyma·tous (sklîrn-km-ts, -km-) adj.


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2002): large epidermal cells (Hevea spruceana, Eugenia inundata), thick outer epidermis walls (Rheedia brasiliensis, Himatanthus sucuuba), thick cuticle (Eschweilera tenuifolia, Simaba guianensis), compact spongy parenchyma with only few and small intercellular spaces (Senna reticulata, Licania apetala), sunken stomata (Vitex cymosa, Pouteria glomerata), and transcurrent vascular bundles with a strong sclerenchymatous bundle sheath (Nectandra amazonum, Eugenia inundata).
[FIGURE 8 OMITTED] The preserved ridges and striations in specimens 002-339, 004-263, and 985-202 represent impressed cortical sclerenchymatous fibres or bundles in support of medullosalean axes or stems (see Zodrow 2002).
During the development of the seed coat, there is an increase in the number of cell layers in the chalazal region and the free integument, followed by differentiation of mucilage canals, differentiation of vascular tissue, deposition of tannins, and differentiation of three layers in the seed coat: the outer parenchymatous sarcotesta, the middle sclerenchymatous sclerotesta (Schmid, 1986), and the innermost layer with thin walls (Singh, 1978).
 
 
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