ANATOMY OF F. PLANTS Flashcards
Types of meristimatic tissue
Apical
Intercalary
Lateral or secondary
Primary meristem originate from
Promeristem
2nd dary meristem originate from
From permanent tissue as new meristem
1° meristem is found in
Stem tip, root tips and appendages
2°meristem is found
At vascular cambium, interf cam, cork cam and wood cam
Function of meristem
Increase in length and girth
Father of anatomy
N.grew
First studied the anatomy of veg plantz
Marcello mapighi and n .grew
Structure of meristimatic tissue
Similar thin cell wall no intercellular space dense cyto, large nucleus small vacuoles
Apical meristem present in
root tip shoot tip and auxillary bud
Function of apical
increase in length
Apical Cells differentiate into
permanent tissue
Intercalary meristem present in
base of leaves and internodes
Function of intercalary meritem
Increase in length of plant
intercalary cells differentiate into
permanent tissue
Lateral or secondary meristem present in
parallel to the long axis of stem ; mature roots and shoots
Lateral meristem function
increase in girth
Lateral meristem cells differentiate into
cambium and cork cambium
Examples of Lateral meristem
Fascicular vascular cam, interf cam, cork cam
Walls of parenchyma made of
cellulose or calcium pectin
The most common and least specialised plant tissue
Parenchyma
Parenchyma locations
pith cortex roots medullary of stems mesophylls of leaves
Main function of parenchyma
Storage of food material
potato tubers store starch in the form of
amyloplasts
Other functions of parenchyma
1) photosynthesis
2) buoyancy
3) transport of water and minerals
Parenchyma in aquatic plants
arenchyma
Corners of collenchyma cells are thickened due to
Deposition of
cellulose
hemicellulose
pectin
Types of collenchyma
angular
lamellate
lacunate
Locations of Collenchyma tissues
1) below the epidermis in dicot stems
2) In petiole
3) Midrib of dicot leaves
Collenchyma is abesnt in
1) Dicot root
2) Monocot roots, stems and leaves
Main function of collenchyma
give mechanical support to the growing regions of plants like young stems and petiole of leaves
Other functions of collenchyma
1) provide tensile strength and flexibility
2) Manufacture sugar and starch
The dead plant tissue
Sclerenchyma
Cell walls of sclerenchyma is due to
lignin
Middle lamella in sclerenchyma is made up of
calcium pectate
types of sclerenchyma
fibres and sclereids
Locations of Sclerenchyma fibres
where mechanical strength are req like : petiole leaves cortex around vascular bundles