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Microscopic view of cotton fibers, which contain 98% cellulose. (Credit: Martin Kreutz/agefotostock)
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from article Cellulose
Positioning of β-d-glucopyranosyl units in cellulose structure.
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from article Cellulose
Cellulose is the principal structural component of plants. In particular, cellulose in the plant cell wall is found mainly in the form of threadlike fibers, composed of smaller fibrils (microfibrils). (Copyright © McGraw-Hill Education)
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Cantaloupes (Cucumis melo var. reticulatus). (Photo by Scott Bauer, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture)
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from article Epidermis (plant)
Plant epidermis in surface view. (a) Iris leaf showing kidney-shaped guard cells. (b) Zea leaf showing dumbbell-shaped guard cells; two subsidiary cells are associated with each stoma. (c) Sedum leaf; each stoma is associated with three or four…
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Specialized epidermal cells in transections of leaves. (a) Leaf of Ficus elastica, each side having approximately three layers of cells in the multiple epidermis; lithocyst containing cystolith whose calcium deposits were removed during…
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Transection of leaf of Andropogon showing large bulliform cells in the upper epidermis.
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Trichomes. (a) Uniseriate hairs of Gynura. (b) Unicellular anchor hair of Mentzelia. (c) Stellate hair of Solanum. (d) Branched (candelabra) hair of Platanus. (e) Peltate scale of Shepherdia.
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Trichomes. (a) Unicellular and glandular (colleters) hairs of the geranium (Pelargonium). (b) Unicellular-hooked and uniseriate, club-shaped hairs of the bean (Phaseolus). (c) Uniseriate and glandular (colleters) hairs of the tomato (Lycopersicon).
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Desert arrowweed (Pluchea sericea) is a halophytic evergreen shrub adapted for growth in the salty basins of Death Valley, California. (Credit: Steven P. Lynch)
