CELL TYPE CYTOPLASMIC FEATURES CELL WALL FEATURES 3-D GEOMETRY
Laticifer

Subcategories based on number of associated cells, presence of end walls, lateral fussions, and branching patterns
 
Name Characteristic
Simple Single Cell
Compound Derived from union of multiple cells
Articulated (jointed) Image
 
Anastomosing Lateral fussions form a reticulum
Nonanastomosing No lateral fussions
 		 Chains of cells in which end walls are intact, perforated or completely removed
Nonarticulated (unjointed) Image 1, Image 2
 
Unbranched
Branched
 		 Very elongate single cells
 

 Parietal Nucleus, some are multinucleate

Central vacuole with abundant latex (milky white fluid containing suspended organic particles that is highly variable in physical and chemical composition)

Mitochondia

 

 Unlignified cell walls that are thin or thick with high proportion of pectic substances and hemicelluloses.

End and/or lateral walls may be perforated.
Transverse Isodiametric
Longitudinal  Vertically elongated cylindrical, branched or unbranched, may be fused with laterally adjacent cells