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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]
Deinanthe ← [a] Delonix ← Dendrobium ← Dendrocalamus ← Desmanthus ← Desmodium ← Dicentra ← Dichroa ← Dierama ← Dipteronia ← Disocactus ← Diuris ← Doryanthes ← Dracocephalum ← Dracula ← Dracunculus ← Eccremocarpus ← Echinacea ← Echinocactus ← Edraianthus ← Elaeocarpus ← Empetrum ← Epiphyllum ← Eriocephalus ← Erythrina ← Euryops ← Evolvulus ← ...
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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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