Figure 2 in Inclusion of Ihlenfeldtia and Odontophorus in Cheiridopsis (Ruschioideae: Aizoaceae) and insights into generic and subgeneric circumscription in the Conophytum clade

Figure 2. Transverse sections through the leaves of taxa in the Conophytum clade illustrating characters of taxonomic importance. (A) Epidermal cells forming blunt papillae in Cheiridopsis caroli-schmidtii; (B) epidermal cells forming trichomes in Cheiridopsis verrucosa; (C) trichomes in Ihlenfeldtia vanzylii; (D) glabrous epidermis of: (D) Namaquanthus vanheerdei, (E) Enarganthe octonaria, (F) Jensenobotrya lossowiana, (G) stomata in depression, not sunken or hidden in Cheiridopsis robusta; (H) stomata in depression, sunken and hidden by parastomal cell in Cheiridopsis acuminata; (I) sunken stomata in Odontophorus angustifolius. Vouchers: (A) Powell 105 (NBG); (B) Powell 99 (NBG); (C) KBG222/98 (KBG); (D) van Jaarsveld 2475 (NBG); (E) Powell 45 (NBG); (F) SUG 12618 (NBG); (G) Powell 66 (NBG); (H) Powell 68 (NBG); (I) EVJ 106/87 (NBG). Scale: A–F = 200 µm; G–I = 50 µm.