Table 2.

Leaf anatomical traits in Jansenella griffithiana and representatives of Andropogoneae

Lineage/species	Bundle sheath layers	Interveinal distance (m)	% Inner sheath area	Bundle sheath distance (m)	Distinctive cells	Starch in BSC
Jansenelleae (C
Jansenella griffithiana	2	471	0.01	403	A	A
Arundinellinae (C
Arundinella nepalensis	1	215	0.27	101	P	P
Garnotia stricta	1	191	0.11	187	P	P
Andropogoneae s.s. (C
Arthraxon sp.	1	—	—	—	P	P
Chrysopogon pallidus	1	112	0.23	29	A	P
Heteropogon contortus	1	80	0.21	32	A	P
Ischaemum afrum	1	109	0.24	52	A	P
Sorghum halepense	1	119	0.20	53	A	P

A = absent, P = present.

Christin et al. (2013).

Watson et al. (1992).

Ueno (1995).