Abstract
Previous studies and our own observations of surface features in more than 80 species show that the SEM can be of great value in determining the nature and distribution of stomata, trichomes, wax, cuticular ridges, silica bodies, spores and other particulate pollutants as well as meristems and their derivatives. We suggest applications of surface studies to the fields of taxonomy and plant water relations.Many epidermal surfaces can be observed with or without coating at 15 KeV with no detectable alterations in the wax pattern. Wax is deposited as granular, rod-like, thread-like or plate-like structures. Of particular interest are the wax patterns around stomatal apparatuses.
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