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. 2020 May 28;9(6):686. doi: 10.3390/plants9060686

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Articulated anastomosing laticifers of T. ventricosa. (a) Light micrograph of a whole stained seedling leaf showing a branched network of Y-shaped laticifers. (b) Scanning electron microscopy micrograph of a young stem fracture showing a single Y-shaped branched laticifer. (c) Light micrograph of sequential sectioned young leaf showing Y-shaped laticifers (d) Light micrograph of an emergent leaf section showing a branching laticifer and a U-shaped branched laticifer. (e) Light micrograph of a young stem section displaying a branched H-shaped laticifer. (f) Light micrograph of a young stem section depicts branched Y- and H-shaped laticifers. Abbreviations: L = laticifer, USL = U-shaped laticifer, YSL = Y-shaped laticifer, HSL = H-shaped laticifer.