Leaf Clearing: A Review

By : Saima Rashid Mir, V.A. Patil, B.M. Shinde, M.M. Jana

Page No: 329-333

Abstract:
The clearing of leaves to reveal the leaf venation can be successfully accomplished by diverse methods. Leaf venations are an important feature for botanists and taxonomists to identify and catalogue a plant species, it has several waves of interest among morphologists and paleobotanists in studying of plant material total as such. Cleared leaves of different plant species can be stained and mounted to form ineradicable and permanent specimens applicable for research and class room study. The present paper depicts the review of literature on leaf clearing and its significance in Plant Sciences.

Authors:
Saima Rashid Mir, V.A Patil, B.M Shinde and M.M Jana
Department of Botany, Prof-Ramkrishna More A.C.S College Akurdi Pune

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPSR.2020.36.1-2.42