Table 3. Additional carpological differences between Lophiocarpus and Corbichonia.
Characters | Lophiocarpus | Corbichonia |
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Pericarp | verrucose, rarely ribbed, completely or partially with unlignified cells, layers 4 to 10 (in inflated parts or ribs) | smooth, outer cells with lignified walls, the innermost cells without lignification; layers 4 to 8 |
Seedcoat testa | alveolate, in most species 20–50 μm (ca. 80 μm in L. latifolius), with almost straight stalactites | sinus-like, triangular in cross-sections, ca 50 μm, warty in upper part, stalactites obliquely oriented |