Research Article

Glandular Trichomes and Essential Oil of Thymus quinquecostatus

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((a)–(c)) SEM micrographs showing the morphology of glandular trichomes on rachis of T. quinquecostatus. (a) The surface of rachis, showing big capitate trichomes (bc) and small capitate trichomes (sc). (b) A big capitate trichome. (c) A small capitate trichome. (d) Transverse section of rachis of T. quinquecostatus, showing a capitate trichome.
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