Compare the leaf structure of Nerium to Ligustrum.   Look for stomata. Where are they located? On the upper or lower leaf surface?   How is the surface of the leaf modified? Can you recognize why these leaves are said to have “sunken stomata”?     Look for “hairs” on the leaf surface. Where are they located? How are they advantageous?     How does the appearance of each tissue layer in Nerium differ from Ligustrum?   Compare the upper epidermis to the lower epidermis.   Compare the amount of cuticle.

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Compare the leaf structure of Nerium to Ligustrum.  

Look for stomata. Where are they located? On the upper or lower leaf surface?  

How is the surface of the leaf modified? Can you recognize why these leaves are said to have “sunken stomata”?  
 

Look for “hairs” on the leaf surface. Where are they located? How are they advantageous?  
 

How does the appearance of each tissue layer in Nerium differ from Ligustrum?  
Compare the upper epidermis to the lower epidermis.  

Compare the amount of cuticle.  

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    Leaf morphology and anatomy is an important aspect for taxonomic classification in plants. Nerium is a xenomorphic plant which is generally found in dry climatic regions. Ligustrum sp. is shrub like plants that grow in diverse type of soils except wet soil and are heat and desiccation tolerant.

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