TABLE 3. Micromorphological features of the studied Artemisia taxa.
Taxa Surface ornamentation type Anticlinal Periclinal Epidermal cell Presence
cell wall cell wall structures of secondary structures
Artemisia vulgaris Irregularly sulcate Raised Concave Rectangular Irregular lines
A. verloitorum Regularly sulcate Sunken Convex Arched-Rectangular -
A. abrotanum Ruminate Raised Concave Unclear -
A. austriaca Irregularly sulcate Raised Flat Rectangular -
A. incana Sulcate-scalariform Raised Convex or concave Rectangular -
A. armeniaca Regularly sulcate Raised Flat or Concave Rectangular -
A. chamaemelifolia Rugose Unclear Unclear Unclear -
A. annua Sulcate-scalariform Raised Flat Rectangular -
A. tournefortiana Irregularly sulcate Raised Concave Rectangular Irregular epicuticular wrinkles
A. absinthium Irregularly sulcate Raised Concave Rectangular Irregular epicuticular wrinkles
A. arborescens Favulariate Sunken Convex Unclear Irregular epicuticular protrusions
A. splendens Irregularly sulcate Unclear Unclear Unclear Epicuticular wrinkles
A. alpina Sulcate-scalariform Raised Concave Rectangular Irregular epicuticular protrusions
A. haussknechtii Irregularly sulcate Unclear Unclear Unclear Epicuticular wrinkles
A. campestris Slightly sulcate Raised Flat Rectangular -
A. marschalliana Slightly sulcate Sunken Convex Unclear Dome-shaped protrusions and epicuticular wrinkles
A. araratica Regularly sulcate Sunken Convex Rectangular -
A. scoparia Regularly sulcate Sunken Convex Rectangular Irregular lines
A. santonicum subsp. santonicum Sulcate-scalariform Raised Concave Polygonal -
A. santonicum subsp. patens Alveolate Raised Concave Alveolar -
A. taurica var. taurica Irregularly sulcate Unclear Unclear Unclear Epicuticular wrinkles
A. taurica var. vanensis Tuberculate Sunken Convex Unclear Epicuticular wrinkles
A. spicigera Sulcate-scalariform Raised Concave Rectangular -
A. sieberi subsp. sieberi Regularly sulcate Unclear Unclear Unclear Epicuticular wrinkles
A. fragrans Regularly sulcate Raised Concave Rectangular Epicuticular wrinkles
A. bashkalensis Reticulate Raised Concave Polygonal  -