[Microstructure characteristics and identification significance of leaf epidermis of medicinal plants from Sabia genus].
OBJECTIVE
To study the feasibility and significance of the method to identify medicinal plants through the observation and statistics of 9 species of Sabia medical plants from Guizhou province.


METHODS
Leaf epidermis characteristics were observed, measured by optical microscope and analyzed by SPSS 17.0 software.


RESULTS
All of these plants had some differences in indumentum, cell morphology and size, and had significant difference in the length and circumference of lower epidermis cells.


CONCLUSIONS
The method combining microscopic observation with statistics can be used as the classification and identification basis of medicinal plants and materials of Sabia genus.
Qing-Wen
QW
Sun
Wei-Na
WN
Qi
Bo
B
Wang
D002681:China; D019684:Magnoliopsida / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D019441:Plant Epidermis / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000166:cytology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013045:Species Specificity