
%0 Journal Article
%A Paterson, BR 
%T Systematic studies of the anatomy of the genus Acrotriche R.BR. I. The leaf
%J Australian Journal of Botany
%D 1961/11/01
%V 9
%N 2
%P 197-208
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/BT9610197
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/BT9610197 
%X The leaves of the 12 species of Acrotriche (Epacridaceae) have been examined anatomically from a systematic standpoint. It has been possible to distinguish between the species on the basis of leaf characteristics alone. These distinctions have been outlined in the form of a key to the species, and discussed fully in individual specific descriptions. The most valuable diagnostic characters are: presence or absence of papillose differentiation; shape of the leaf; shape of the sheath of fibres supporting the vascular bundle; presence or absence of a parenchymatous sheath around the bundles; and the presence or absence of calcium oxalate crystals and large fat globules. The specific delimitations based on the leaf anatomy agree with the morphological boundaries. 
