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Water Permeability of Cuticular Membranes

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Water and Plant Life

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 19))

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The plant cuticle is a lipid membrane that covers all above-ground organs of the Spermatophyta and Pteridophyta (Esau, 1969). The thalli of certain members of the Hepaticeae are likewise covered by a cuticle (Schönherr and Ziegler, 1975). Since the cell walls of the intercellular air spaces are also lined with a cuticle (Ursprung, 1925; Scott, 1950), it would appear that in the above plant species a cuticle is generally formed at all plant-air interfaces.

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  1. Botanisches Institut der Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. Germany

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  2. Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenökologie, Universität Bayreuth, Am Birkengut, 8580, Bayreuth, Fed. Rep. Germany

    E.-D. Schulze

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Schönherr, J. (1976). Water Permeability of Cuticular Membranes. In: Lange, O.L., Kappen, L., Schulze, ED. (eds) Water and Plant Life. Ecological Studies, vol 19. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66429-8_9

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