Carrot cube with leaflet sample secured within the carrot slit. Mid-rib of leaflet sample orientated parallel and adjacent to the side of the cube, ready to be placed in the hand-held microtome for sectioning.
Part of: Noblick LR, Sant’anna-Santos BF (2021) Diversity of leaf anatomy within a single leaflet and between leaflets of four Butia (Arecaceae, Arecoideae) species. PhytoKeys 180: 31-52. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.180.66018