Stem anatomy of dalbergia and diospyros species from Madagascar : with a special focus on wood identification

This atlas offers anatomical descriptions of 19 Dalbergia and 31 Diospyros species, most of them endemic to Madagascar. Each species is illustrated with color micrographs of double-stained sections through the xylem, bark, and pith of stems, branches, and twigs. Further, a photograph of each plant a...

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Main Authors Ravaomanalina, Bako Harisoa (Author), Crivellaro, Alan (Author), Schweingruber, Fritz Hans (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2017.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319511474
9783319511450
Physical Description1 online resource (ix, 119 pages) : illustrations (some color)

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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; 1. Introduction; Background; About the manual; 2. Materials and Methods; Origin of the material studied; Plant material preparation; 3. Definition of Anatomical Features; 9.1
  • Vessels solitary and in short radial multiples of 2 to 3 elements simultaneously present; 96.1
  • Rays uni- and biseriate simultaneously present; 4. Identification Keys; How to use the keys; Stem wood identification key of Dalbergia; Stem wood identification key of Diospyros; 5. Dalbergia; Dalbergia baronii Baker; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY.
  • BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMYBARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia bathiei R. Vig.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia bracteolata Baker; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia chapelieri Baill.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION.
  • PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMYBRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia emirnensis Benth.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia greveana Baill.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia lemurica Bosser and R. Rabev.
  • PLANT DESCRIPTIONDISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia louvelii R. Vig.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia madagascariensis Vatke.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; ransverse section; Radial section; Tangential section.
  • Dalbergia maritima R. Vig. PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia mollis Bosser and R. Rabev.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY; Transverse section; Radial section; Tangential section; Dalbergia monticola Bosser & R. Rabev.; PLANT DESCRIPTION; DISTRIBUTION; PITH AND PRIMARY XYLEM ANATOMY; BRANCH XYLEM ANATOMY; BARK ANATOMY; STEM XYLEM ANATOMY.