Micromorphological Characterization of the Leaf and Rhizome of Agapanthus praecox subsp. praecox Willd. (Amaryllidaceae)

Table 1

Percentage atomic compositions of the elements in A. praecox foliar epidermal surfaces and the rhizome by EDX spectroscopy.

Elements	Abaxial	Adaxial (1)	Adaxial (2)	Rhizome
Beryllium	25.03 ± 0.86	21.67 ± 0.75	17.69 ± 0.56	25.08 ± 0.93
Carbon	68.06 ± 1.09	62.06 ± 1.00	52.38 ± 1.18	68.32 ± 1.17
Nitrogen	0	0	8.42 ± 2.19	0
Oxygen	6.01 ± 0.36	6.90 ± 0.33	11.13 ± 0.72	5.99 ± 0.39
Sodium	0.09 ± 0.04	0.14 ± 0.04	0.06 ± 0.05	0.03 ± 0.03
Magnesium	0.12 ± 0.03	0	0.11 ± 0.03	0.05 ± 0.03
Aluminium	0	0	0.34 ± 0.04	0
Silicon	0.05 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.03	0.43 ± 0.05	0.20 ± 0.04
Phosphorous	0.08 ± 0.07	0	0.13 ± 0.09	0
Sulphur	0	0	0	0.04 ± 0.04
Chlorine	0	0	0.14 ± 0.05	0
Potassium	0.10 ± 0.05	0.19 ± 0.05	0	0.13 ± 0.05
Calcium	0.24 ± 0.05	0.21 ± 0.05	0	0.13 ± 0.06
Iron	0.12 ± 0.12	0	0	0
Gold	8.55 ± 3.19	0	0	0