Plant leaf epidermal cells often show complex and highly specialized shapes. We find great morphological variations between different species, but is there a similarity in the epidermis cell shape between species of the same family? Does the cell shape tell us something about the environmental factors a plant is facing? Or which other influences could be the cause for these complex shapes? 

The EPIDERMIS project hopes to bring a bit of light on this topic by comparing cell morphologies of various species from several families with the help of bright field microphotography.