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Image Title: Autofluorescent cell walls of the connective bases of three anthers of a thistle, Cirsium horridulum
Image Credit: Thomas C. Pesacreta, University of Southwestern Louisiana
AJB Editor: Nels R. Lersten, Iowa State University
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Copyright held by: Thomas C. Pesacreta, BSA
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Autofluorescent cell walls of the connective bases of three anthers of a thistle, Cirsium horridulum. The stamen filaments extending down from each connective base are not visible because they lack the autofluorescent component in their cell walls.

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

The connective base of Cirsium horridulum (Asteraceae): description and comparison with the viscoelastic filament

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