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Image Title: Cross section of rachilla of fertile floret of fall Panicum grass
Image Credit: Thompson Demetrio Pizzolato
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: Thompson Demetrio Pizzolato, BSA
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Cross section of rachilla of fertile floret of fall Panicum grass. Some vascular parenchyma cells are specialized as transfer cells and exhibit conspicuous wall ingrowths.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Vascular system of the fertile floret of Panicum (Gramineae: Panicoideae: Paniceae)

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