Isolated segments of veins occur in the leaf mesophyll of several Hawaiian species of Euphorbia. These anomalous structures appear to consist entirely of tracheids and are a normal feature of the anatomy of species native to mesic and wet areas, but not to xeric, dry habitats.
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Derral R. Herbst (1971) studied this question.
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