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Plant Organs (Stem) - Cycle 2 Flashcards

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Stem

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  • The organ bearing leaves and buds
  • It elongates and orients the shoot in a way that maximizes photosynthesis by the leaves
  • Lateral (side) branches grow from a lateral bud located at the angle where a leaf joins the stem.
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Node

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the location where leaves or buds are attached to the stem.

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Internode

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the region between nodes.

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Functions

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  • Attachment for leaves, flowers, and fruits
  • Conduction of water and minerals from the roots to all parts of the plant
  • Storage of nutrients, organic molecules, water and by products
  • Contains meristematic tissue for cell production
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Stem Morphology: Axillary Bud

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Lateral Bud

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Stem Morphology: Petiole

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Holds the leaf from the stem

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Stem Morphology: Bud scale

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protects the newly growing leaf

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Stem Morphology: Bud scale scars

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the bud scale will fall off and result to a bud scale scars

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Stem Morphology: Terminal Bud

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The top of the leaf

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Stem Anatomy: Pith

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  • Made up of ground tissues

- They are made up of ground tissues and are similar in composition

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Stem Anatomy: Dicot Stem

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It has a ring of vascular bundles surrounding a central path

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Stem Anatomy: Monocot Stem

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Vascular bundles are scattered in ground tissue

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Meristem: Apical

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  • Terminal and axillary buds of shoots; root tips

- Produces tissues that lengthen the tips of shoots and roots

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Meristem: Lateral

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  • Internal cylinder along the length of roots and stems of woody plants
  • Thickens roots and stems
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Meristem: Intercalary

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  • Between nodes of mature stems in grasses and other monocots
  • Regrowth of tissue if tip of stem is removed
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Primary Growth (growth in length)

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  • Apical Meristems are located at the tips of all roots and stems and contribute to the increase in length of the plant.
  • Tissues that develop from these apical meristems are part of the primary growth of the plant and give rise to the leaves and nonwoody stems and roots.
  • Vascular Cambium
    • xylem and phloem
  • Cork Cambium
    • bark
    • one of the layers of bark
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Secondary Growth (growth in thickness)

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  • Some plants have additional meristematic tissues (lateral meristem) that increase their diameter.
  • These are the vascular cambium and cork cambium
  • Tissues developing from them are considered part of the plant’s secondary growth
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Secondary Growth (growth in thickness): Vascular Cambium

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Grows in two directions to have both the xylem and the phloem to transport more nutrients for the plant.

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Secondary Growth (growth in thickness): Cork Cambium

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Only grows in one direction to protect the bark more.

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Stem Plant Organs: Secondary Growth of Stem

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  • Begins with the initiation of the vascular cambium
  • Production of secondary xylem and phloem is through the procambium (fascicular cambium)
  • Interfascicular cambium will produce the new batch of ground tissue between the vascular bundles
  • Forms a continuous ring of dividing cells called vascular cambium
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Stem Plant Organs: Secondary Growth of Stem, Sources of Vascular Cambium

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  • Interfascicular parenchyma (interfascicular cambium)

- Procambium (fascicular cambium)

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Annual Growth

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  • This growth will produce what we commonly see as rings
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Annual Growth: Annual Rings

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  • Help us recognize the age of a tree.
  • Thicker, darker rings mean it is formed during late summer, fall, and winter
  • Thinner, lighter rings mean it is formed during spring and early summer
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Stem Modifications: Rhizomes

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Horizontal stems usually located beneath the soil surface

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Stem Modifications: Stolons

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Horizontal stems that produce roots and shoots at the nodes but they form aboveground

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Stem Modifications: Tubers

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Enlarged storage stems that develop at the ends of slender rhizomes.

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Stem Adaptation: Corms

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Short, thickened, vertically oriented, underground stems with dry, papery scale-like leaves

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Stem Adaptation: Bulbs

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Cone-shaped stems surrounded by many scale like leaves that are modified for food storage.

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Stem Adaptation: Succulents

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Plants that have extensive parenchyma tissue for storage of water

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Stem Adaptation: Thorns

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Arise from the axils of leaves as do regular branches

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Stem Adaptation: Tendrils

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Twine around a support structure to anchor the plants

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Economic Importance of a Stem

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  • Food
  • Shelter
  • Clothing
  • Source of Income
  • Medicine

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