Taxon

Adaxial Epidermis

Abaxial Epidermis

Figure

Stomatal apparatus

Pattern of

anticlinal

walls

Shape of

ordinary cells

Pattern of

anticlinal

walls

Stomatotype

Stomata index (%)

Size of stomata (µm)2

Sect. Ligusticum

L. acuminatum

A

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

18.6

13.37 × 7.47

1(m), S1(m)

L. ajanense

A

Str-Arc

Irr

Repand

Ani

25.8

24.18 × 12.39

2(o), S2(o)

L. angelicifolium

A

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

24.4

22.96 × 11.69

1(n), S1(n)

L. brachylobum

P

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

28.6

21.49 × 10.95

2(f), S2(f)

L. delavayi

P

Repand

Irr + rectangular

Repand

Ani

18.0

15.37 × 9.26

1(i), S1(i)

L. discolor

P

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

23.1

21.19 × 10.00

2(l), S2(l)

L. elatum

P

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

17.9

16.13 × 10.67

3(b), S3(b)

L. jeholense

A

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

20.6

17.29 × 9.65

2(m), S2(m)

L. kingdon-wardii

A

Str-Arc

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

18.2

25.09 × 14.15

3(d), S3(d)

L. litangense

P

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

23.6

19.85 × 10.15

1(c), S1(c)

L. littledalei

A

Repand

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

25.0

16.82 × 10.71

1(l), S1(l)

L. nematophyllum

A

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

21.1

24.00 × 12.91

1(f), S1(f)

L. pteridophyllum

A

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

23.5

18.46 × 12.69

1(b), S1(b)

L. reptans

A

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

30.1

18.90 × 9.59

3(c), S3(c)

L. sinense

A

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

28.4

15.24 × 5.95

1(g), S1(g)

L. sinense cv. Chuanxiong

A

Repand

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

19.3

23.35 × 14.65

3(h), S3(h)

L. tachiroei

A

Str-Arc

Irr

Repand

Ani

15.4

15.92 × 7.50

1(d), S1(d)

L. tenuisectum

A

Repand

Irr

Sinuous

Ani

18.9

29.09 × 9.48

2(e), S2(e)

L. tenuissimum

A

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

15.9

18.82 × 8.97

2(g), S2(g)

L. thomsonii

P

Str-Arc

Irr

Repand

Ani

19.8

17.05 × 10.21

2(j), S2(j)

L. yanyuanense

P

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

23.4

22.46 × 13.28

2(h), S2(h)

Sect. Pinnatibracteola

L. capillaceum

P

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

20.6

14.25 × 10.38

2(c), S2(c)

L. daucoides

P

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

17.6

17.41 × 11.53

1(a), S1(a)

L. franchetii

L. hispidum

A

Repand

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

25.2

15.51 × 9.31

3(e), S3(e)

P

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

11.0

13.81 × 8.21

1(e), S1(e)

L. involucratum

P

Str-Arc

Irr

Repand

Ani

17.7

20.76 × 13.03

1(h), S1(h)

L. likiangense

P

Str-Arc

Irr

Repand

Ani

19.0

21.22 × 12.44

1(k), S1(k)

L. multivittatum

P

Repand

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

17.0

13.25 × 9.67

2(d), S2(d)

L. oliverianum

P

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ani

17.3

15.90 × 10.86

1(j), S1(j)

L. rechingerianum

P

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

12.8

13.91 × 10.14

3(g), S3(g)

L. scapiforme

P

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

24.4

14.59 × 9.42

1(o), S1(o)

L. sikiangense

P

Repand

Irr

Repand

Ani

18.5

19.74 × 10.81

2(a), S2(a)

Species not included in Pu’s division

L. mairei

P

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

19.4

25.17 × 15.67

2(b), S2(b)

L. moniliforme

A

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

28.3

41.22 × 20.49

3(f), S3(f)

L. mucronatum

P

Str-Arc

Irr

Repand

Ani

14.9

18.82 × 13.16

2(i), S2(i)

L. nullivittatum

A

Sinuous

Irr

Sinuous

Ano

27.4

19.75 × 9.88

2(k), S2(k)

L. pseudodaucoides

A

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

25.6

21.32 × 13.09

3(a), S3(a)

L. weberbauerianum

A

Str-Arc

Pol

Str-Arc

Ani

11.7

18.89 × 12.36

2(n), S2(n)