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XYWTOMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF CONIFEROUS WOODS FROM PAKISTAN

A. MAHMOOD AND M. ATHAR*

Abstract: Anatomical features of wood of 15 coniferous species viz., Abies pindrow Royle., Cedrus deodara (Rex. ex Lamb.) G. Don., Cupressus arizonica Greene., C. funebris Endl., C. sempervirens L., C. torulosa D. Don., Juniperus polycarpos C. Koch., Araucaria cookii R.Br., Pinus gerardiana Wall. ex Lamb., P. halepensis Mill., P. roxburghii Sargent., Picea smithiana (Wall) Boiss; P. wallichiana A.B. Jackson; Taxus baccata Zucc., and Thuja orientalis L.. have been described. Wood characteristics such as variation in growth rings, thickness of early wood and late wood tracheids, presence or absence of parenchyma and its distribution, characteristics of rays and nature and distribution of resin canals in the wood have been presented.

Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan.
Corresponding Author: Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, Islamabad.