Abstract
A periclinal division occurs by a tangentially oriented wall that usually, but not always, divides the cambial initial in two equal halves. Periclinal divisions are also referred to as additive divisions because they add new cells radially to the secondary body of the plant (Berlyn 1982, Metcalfe and Chalk 1983). The fact that cambial cells divide in this manner was recognized long before the true nature of the cambium itself was fully appreciated. Radlkofer (1858), for example, described the process in Cocculus laurifolius as active division in the radial direction that formed dividing walls parallel to the periphery of the stem.
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Larson, P.R. (1994). Periclinal Cambial Divisions. In: The Vascular Cambium. Springer Series in Wood Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78466-8_7
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