How does the cuticle of a xerophyte compare with that of a mesophyte?

1. Xerophytes are desert plants and epiphytes grow on other plants, and both have limited access to water. 2. Such plants usually have a much thicker waxy cuticle than plants of moderate, well watered environments. 3. Those well watered plants are the mesophytes, and aquatic plants are hydrophytes. 4. A thicker cuticle cuts evaporation from the leaf surface, which is the point of the adaptation. 5. Sunlight scarcity is not the driver here, since the same plants often sit in full sun. _Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 30 "Plant Form and Physiology", section 30.5 Transport of Water and Solutes in Plants_