Plant BiologybioRxiv
The cuticular wax compositions and crystal coverage of leaves and petals differ in a consistent manner between plant species
Sverre Aarseth Tunstad, Ian D. Bull, Sean A. Rands, Heather M. Whitney
The paper compares cuticular wax composition and crystal coverage between leaves and petals across 49 plant species, finding significant differences in wax load, alkane proportion, and chain-lengths.
DOI 10.1098/rsob.230430