Table 2.

Epicuticular wax composition in Equisetum species: relative amounts of dominant chain lengths (% of compound class). White lines: whole-sprout waxes (ws,main axis internodes and main axis leaf sheaths); f,fertile sprouts; s, sterile sprouts. Grey lines: epicuticular waxes from isolated plant organs; int,main axis internodes; lsh,main axis leaf sheaths; bch,branches. For species abbreviations, see Table 1.

+, minor amounts (<5 %); empty fields, chain length not detected; bold values, main homologue(s).