Scientific Illustration | Aponogeton madagascariensis (Mirb.) H. Bruggen [as...

Aponogeton madagascariensis (Mirb.) H. Bruggen [as Ouvirandra fenestralis (Pers.) Poiret] Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, vol. 82 [ser. 3, vol. 12]: t. 4894 (1856) [W.H. Fitch]

The network of holes in the leaves is formed by cell dying in a regulated pattern.

The pathway of cell dismantling during programmed cell death in lace plant (Aponogeton madagascariensis) leaves. Jaime Wertman, Christina CEN Lord, Adrian N Dauphinee and Arunika HLAN Gunawardena. BMC Plant Biology 2012, 12:115 doi:10.1186/1471-2229-12-115

Tagged: Aponogeton madagascariensis Ouvirandra fenestralis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine botanical illustration plant Madagascar Laceleaf

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