CELL TYPE | CYTOPLASMIC FEATURES | CELL WALL FEATURES | 3-D GEOMETRY | ||||||||||||||||
Fiber
Subcategories
based on type of tissue or location in which they occur:
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No cytoplasm at maturity
Diameter of lumen is very much smaller than thickness of cell wall |
Uniformly thick secondary cell wall with slit like pits |
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Fiber-tracheid
Intermediate between Fiber and Tracheid |
No cytoplasm at maturity
Diameter of lumen is slightly less than thickness of cell wall |
Uniformly thick secondary cell wall with elliptical pit canal that extends slightly beyond circular pit chamber |
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