limbidium
English
Noun
limbidium (plural limbidia)
- (bryology) A differentiated margin of the leaf of a moss.
- 2020, Afroz Alam, Contemporary Research on Bryophytes, page 165:
- The leaf margin, which consists of a band of uni-stratose to pluri-stratose, hyaline-yellowish, prosenchymatous, stereid cells is called limbidium. In some species, the limbidium can be well developed in all three laminae.
Related terms
- limbate