Laser Ablation Tomography of Woody Plants

<p>Movies generated by LATscan from stems of distinct woody vines (climbing plants). Movie 1&nbsp;illustrates&nbsp;anastomoses and splitting between vascular cylinders in the compound stem of Paullinia pinnata (Sapindaceae), a woody vine normally growing in&nbsp;tropical forests. Movie 2&nbsp;illustrates&nbsp;the wood and bark of&nbsp;the adult stem of four species of&nbsp;woody vines.&nbsp;The movie starts off showing the&nbsp;transverse view, then reorients to a tangential view. Species name (from left to right): Wisteria floribunda, Gnetum urens, Cocculus orbiculatus and Menispermum canadense. The videos are&nbsp;associated to the paper &quot;Laser ablation tomography (LATscan) as a new tool for anatomical studies of woody plants&quot;.&nbsp;</p>