Mature <i>Saltugilia caruifolia</i> flower and microscopic view of petal lobes (IMAGE)

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Mature <i>Saltugilia caruifolia</i> flower and microscopic view of petal lobes

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A mature flower of Saltugilia caruifolia (left), accompanied with a microscopic view of the petal lobes (right) showing the 3-D cell structure, which has implications in the flower's development and its ability to attract pollinators.

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Photo by Jacob B. Landis from: Landis, J. B., K. L. Ventura, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, and D. G. Oppenheimer. 2015. Optical sectioning and 3D reconstructions as an alternative to scanning electron microscopy for analysis of cell shape. <i>Applications in Plant Sciences</i> 3(4): 1400112. doi:10.3732/apps.1400112

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Please include article citation: Landis, J. B., K. L. Ventura, D. E. Soltis, P. S. Soltis, and D. G. Oppenheimer. 2015. Optical sectioning and 3D reconstructions as an alternative to scanning electron microscopy for analysis of cell shape. <i>Applications in Plant Sciences</i> 3(4): 1400112. doi:10.3732/apps.1400112. Articles and materials published in <i>Applications in Plant Sciences</i> are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (CC-BY-NC-SA).

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