Tracheary elements in ferns: New techniques, observations, and concepts

Agriculture & Biology

• tracheary elements 100%
• ferns and fern allies 73%
• tracheids 58%
• xylem vessels 53%
• maceration 41%
• parenchyma (plant tissue) 25%
• Angiopteris 21%
• Psilotum 21%
• methodology 19%
• dimorphism 12%
• rhizomes 11%
• xylem 11%
• porosity 11%
• scanning electron microscopy 9%
• cells 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• fern 83%
• membrane 47%
• perforation 27%
• vessel 25%
• artifact 13%
• dimorphism 11%
• rhizome 10%
• xylem 10%
• material 6%
• scanning electron microscopy 5%
• porosity 5%
• transition 4%
• cell 4%
• loss 4%
• method 1%