| Lardizabalaceae | Sabiaceae | ||||||
| Characters | Akebia chingshuiensis | Akebia longeracemosa | Stauntonia obovata | Stauntoniaobo vatifoliola | Stauntonia purpurea | Sabia swinhoei | Sabia transarisanensis |
| Stem diameter (mm) | 6.2 | 4.4 | 6.9 | 13.2 | 6.7 | 16.6 | 13 |
| Periderm thick (mm) | 0.04 - 0.14 | 0.02 - 0.15 | 0.07 - 0.38 | 0.20 - 1.90 | 0.05 - 0.36 | ? | ? |
| Periderm successive (+/?) | + | ? | + | + | + | ? | ? |
| Cortical sclerenchyma (+/?) | + | + | + | + | + | ? | ? |
| Cortex with ducts (+/?) | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | + | + |
| Semi-ring-porous | + | + | + | + | + | ? | ? |
| Diffuse-porous | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | + | + |
| Sclerenchyma rings (+/?) | + | + | + | + | + | ? | ? |
| Sclerenchyma continuous (+/?) | + | ? | + | + | + | ? | ? |
| Xylem rays widening centrifugally (+/?) | ? | ? | ? | + | ? | + | + |
| Secondary rays (+/?) | ? | ? | + | + | ? | + | ? |
| Collateral vascular bundle number | 29 | 20 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 19 | 25 |
| Xylem min-max width (mm) | 0.13 - 0.60 | 0.14 - 0.57 | 0.14 - 0.47 | 0.19 - 1.00 | 0.20 - 0.43 | 0.49 - 1.31 | 0.29 - 1.62 |
| Xylem average width (mean ± SD) (mm) | 0.39 ± 0.12 (n = 29) | 0.41 ± 0.11 (n = 20) | 0.34 ± 0.10 (n = 35) | 0.63 ± 0.20 (n = 30) | 0.32 ± 0.06 (n = 35) | 0.95 ± 0.31 (n = 10) | 0.90 ± 0.38 (n = 22) |
| Xylem ray min-max width (µm) | 37 - 119 | 22 - 81 | 19 - 114 | 69 - 337 | 12 - 143 | 114 - 253 | 69 - 221 |
| Xylem ray average width (mean ± SD) (µm) | 72 ± 19 (n = 29) | 54 ± 19 (n = 20) | 63 ± 23 (n = 35) | 195 ± 68 (n = 30) | 59 ± 23 (n = 35) | 177 ± 34 (n = 19) | 156 ± 31 (n = 25) |
| Vessel min-max diameter (µm) (n = 50) | 27 - 143 | 26 - 139 | 26 - 143 | 53 - 195 | 17 - 103 | 13 - 78 | 53 - 147 |
| Vessel average diameter (mean ± SD) (µm) (n = 50) | 74 ± 25 | 78 ± 29 | 88 ± 28 | 108 ± 35 | 52 ± 19 | 33 ± 12 | 81 ± 16 |
| Axial parenchyma | vasicentric | vasicentric | vasicentric | vasicentric scanty and few diffuse | vasicentric, confluent | vasicentric, confluent | vasicentric |