Plants of the Gila Wilderness

Presented in Association with the
Western New Mexico University Department of Natural Sciences

Claopodium pellucinerve (Mitten) Best

Family: Leskeaceae

Status: Native

Synonyms:
Claopodium subpiliferum (Lindb. & Arnell) Broth.

Claopodium pellucinerve has pluripapillose rhombic leaf cells, but no limbidium. The leaves have hairpoints and a costa that is about 3/4 the length of the leaf. The leaf margins are plane. The stem is papillose.
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Claopodium pellucinerve, macro of habit, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, macro of habit, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, macro of habit, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, photomicrograph of portion of stem, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, photomicrograph of leaf, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, photomicrograph of mid-lamina leaf cells, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018



Claopodium pellucinerve, photomicrograph of papillose stem, photo Laura Baumann, Kelly Allred, Russ Kleinman, & Karen Blisard, El Malpais National Monument, Classic Cave entrance, April, 16, 2018


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