Leaf Anatomy of an Arbutus Taxon from Yugoslavia

Leaf anatomy of a species from the island of Badija on the east Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia, that has been determined as Arbutus andrachne L., was investigated using light and scanning electron microscopy and compared with that of a typical form of Arbutus andrachne L. from Greece, Arbutus unedo L. and Arbutus andrachnoides Link., well known as a hybrid between A. unedo and A. andrachne. The Arbutus taxon from the east Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia was found to be closest in leaf anatomy to the hybrid A. andrachnoides but not identical with it.