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Fenestraria (known as babies' toes) [1] is a (possibly monotypic) genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae, native to the Namaqualand in Namibia. Description [ edit ]
A flowering Fenestraria rhopalophylla, so named due to the translucent leaf window on the tips of its modified leaf.. Leaf window, also known as epidermal window, [1] and fenestration, [2] [3] is a specialized leaf structure consisting of a translucent area through which light can enter the interior surfaces of the leaf where photosynthesis can occur.
The leaf window is also known as a fenestra, [5] and is a translucent structure that transmits light, as in Fenestraria. Examples of fenestrate structures in the fungal kingdom include the symmetrically arranged gaps in the indusium ("skirt") of the mushroom Phallus duplicatus, [6] and the thallus of the coral lichen Pulchrocladia retipora. [7]
An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon. Mansfield Centre, Connecticut: Martino Fine Books. ISBN 978-1-61427-397-4. Available online at the Perseus Digital Library. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, Volume II, D–L. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2676-9
Comibaena fenestraria Moore, [1868] Macrauzata fenestraria is a moth in the family Drepanidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1868. It is found in Taiwan , India and China .
Like several of its close relatives (e.g. Fenestraria) and other plants in its ecotype (e.g. some species of Haworthia and Bulbine) it has epidermal windows (translucent areas in its leaves) as an adaptation to the difficulties of photosynthesis in its arid environment.
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