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Leaf Anatomy Character Set of Taiwan Grasses(CS Kuoh )merged with Poa Character Set (CS Kuoh & CH Chen) by Dr. Hong Song

1: plant duration [Unordered List]

• 1. annuals   (2 taxa)
• 2. biennials   (2 taxa)
• 3. perennials   (6 taxa)

• 1. ascending   (8 taxa)
• 2. decumbent

• 1. linear   (8 taxa)

• 1. obtuse-acute   (2 taxa)
• 2. acuminate   (8 taxa)

• 1. obviously compressed   (1 taxon)
• 2. not compressed   (7 taxa)

• 1. membranaceous   (8 taxa)

• 1. tongue-shaped   (5 taxa)
• 2. rounded   (3 taxa)
• 3. triangular   (2 taxa)

• 1. open panicle   (6 taxa)
• 2. narrowly contracted panicle   (2 taxa)

• 1. ellipsoid   (4 taxa)
• 2. lanceolate   (4 taxa)
• 3. oblong   (1 taxon)
• 4. obovate
• 5. ovoid   (5 taxa)

• 1. hispid   (5 taxa)
• 2. minutely hispid   (3 taxa)
• 3. glabrous   (3 taxa)

• 1. lanceolate   (7 taxa)
• 2. narrowly lanceolate   (1 taxon)
• 3. linear-lanceolate   (2 taxa)
• 4. deltoid-lanceolate
• 5. ovate   (1 taxon)

• 1. lanceolate/   (3 taxa)
• 2. broadly lanceolate   (2 taxa)
• 3. elliptic   (3 taxa)
• 4. narrowly ovate   (2 taxa)
• 5. boat-shaped
• 6. ovate   (3 taxa)

• 1. sharp   (5 taxa)
• 2. acute-obtuse   (4 taxa)

• 1. chartaceous   (7 taxa)
• 2. membranaceous   (2 taxa)
• 3. subcoriaceous

• 1. lanceolate
• 2. deltoid-lanceolate
• 3. ovate-lanceolate   (6 taxa)
• 4. ovate   (4 taxa)
• 5. elliptic   (2 taxa)

• 1. nerves villous   (7 taxa)
• 2. nerves minutely villous
• 3. nerves glabrous   (1 taxon)

• 1. linear-lanceolate   (1 taxon)
• 2. narrowly lanceolate   (8 taxa)
• 3. linear oblong

• 1. blunt   (7 taxa)
• 2. round or truncate
• 3. acute   (3 taxa)

• 1. villous   (3 taxa)
• 2. minutely hispid   (3 taxa)
• 3. ciliate   (1 taxon)
• 4. minutely ciliate   (2 taxa)

• 1. cobwebby   (5 taxa)
• 2. hairless   (3 taxa)

• 1. ellipsoid   (6 taxa)
• 2. oblong
• 3. linear-oblong

• 1. villous   (6 taxa)
• 2. glabrous   (1 taxon)

• 1. (no)not conspicuous   (14 taxa)
• 2. (sm)small:with one vascular bundle   (27 taxa)
• 3. (la)large:several vascular bundles   (38 taxa)
• 4. (aq)aquatic:with air chamber,
  vascular bundles unequal   (2 taxa)
• 5. (rh)rhomboid:rhomboid outline with
  two vascular bundles   (1 taxon)

• 1. (fla)flat surface   (76 taxa)
• 2. (nod)nodules on both surfaces   (11 taxa)
• 3. (sha)upper surface with shallow notch
  between the veins   (26 taxa)
• 4. (mid)upper surface with middle notch
  between the veins   (6 taxa)
• 5. (dee)upper surface with deep notch
  between the veins   (5 taxa)
• 6. (mix)mixed type with variable surface nodules   (4 taxa)

• 1. (noscl)no except large vein   (15 taxa)
• 2. (boscl)(bostr)on both sides of veins as
  strand or girder   (69 taxa)
• 3. (bIgir)on both sides of some veins
  as I-shaped girder   (5 taxa)
• 4. (bAgir)on both sides of some veins
  as anchor-sahped girder   (2 taxa)
• 6. (mistr)strand variable with size of vein   (23 taxa)
• 7. (abscl)on abaxial side of vein   (5 taxa)
• 8. (trstr)strand trichome-like   (4 taxa)
• 9. (ecstr)strand enclosed by colorless cells
  and epidermis   (7 taxa)
• 10. (conti)strand extend and more or less continuous   (1 taxon)

• 1. (homog)homogenous sponge tissue   (8 taxa)
• 2. (radia)cells radiate and lesser than
  bundle sheath cell in width   (80 taxa)
• 3. (inrad)somewhat radiate and equal or
  slightly large
  than bundle sheath cell in width   (13 taxa)
• 4. (palis)differentiate to palisade and
  sponge tissue   (5 taxa)
• 5. (isach)cells elongate and radiate upward
  like crab legs   (13 taxa)
• 6. (armed)compact armed cells   (8 taxa)
• 7. distinctive cells presented 特異細胞   (6 taxa)

• 1. (dki)two bundle sheaths the inner one
  with conspicuous chloroplast   (3 taxa)
• 2. (dko)two bundle sheaths the outer one
  with conspicuous chloroplast   (31 taxa)
• 3. (nke)bundle sheaths without chloroplast   (28 taxa)
• 4. (sk)single bundle sheath with
  conspicuous chloroplast   (58 taxa)
• 5. (nks)bundle sheaths with
  small amount of chloroplast   (11 taxa)

• 1. (nobul)if present only along side of midrib   (9 taxa)
• 2. (bsing)present as a single cell or paired
• 3. (irreg)epidermal cells irregular in size   (13 taxa)
• 4. (smreg)epidermal cells gradually enlarge
  from vein to intervein   (16 taxa)

• 1. mainly appear in adaxial side   (84 taxa)
• 2. (bboth)appear both in adaxial and abaxial side   (6 taxa)

• 1. (fanfu)bulliform set fan shaped,
  cells similar in size   (9 taxa)
• 2. (bcfan)bulliform cell with colorless cells
  extend beneath it   (25 taxa)
• 3. (bctra)large central bulliform cell with
  colorless cells connect to epidermis   (1 taxon)
• 4. (bcxst)bulliform cells with colorless cells
  form a X shape   (1 taxon)
• 5. (bcnar)bulliform cell with colorless cells
  beneath it in row   (4 taxa)

• 1. (fansh)bulliform set shell-shaped or fan -shaped   (25 taxa)
• 2. (bcarc)bulliform cell with colorless cells
  form an arc-shape   (17 taxa)
• 3. (bchal)bulliform sets connect with colorless cells
  in long row   (2 taxa)
• 4. (lareg)bulliform set olive-shaped sometimes
  with colorless cells   (2 taxa)

• 1. (not)no chloroplast   (26 taxa)
• 2. (lit)with a little of chloroplast   (13 taxa)
• 3. (inn)large amount and in centripetal site   (9 taxa)
• 4. (out)large amount and in centrifugal site   (52 taxa)
• 5. (per)large amount and in peripheral site   (33 taxa)

• 1. (Xyms+)metaxylem pole adjacent with
  mestome sheath   (70 taxa)
• 2. (Xyms -)metaxylem pole adjacent with
  outer bundle sheath   (60 taxa)

• 1. lobed   (76 taxa)
• 2. non -lobed   (25 taxa)

Groups

• 1: General
• 2: Group 2
• 3: Group 3
• 4: Leaf anatomy