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From: Microscopy and chemical analyses reveal flavone-based woolly fibres extrude from micron-sized holes in glandular trichomes of Dionysia tapetodes

Fig. 3

Formation of farina at the single cell level. a Stereomicroscope image showing examples of wool exit points (red arrows) on the surface of the leaf of D. tapetodes. Scale bar = 500 μm. b SEM image of glandular trichomes, including an example of a mature glandular trichome producing large quantities of woolly farina (red arrow). Scale bar = 50 μm. c SEM image showing farina wool exit points (red arrows) from glandular trichomes. Scale bar = 10 μm. d SEM image showing glandular trichome of P. marginata covered with powdery flavone farina. Scale bar = 10 μm

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