Plant structure, growth and reproduction Flashcards
What are the 2 types of anchorage and support of root systems?
- Adventitious verus tap root
- Buttress roots
What root organ helps absorb and conduct water and minerals?
root hairs by increasing surface area
What is stored in roots?
food and water
What are the 4 organs of the root system?
- primary tap root
- secondary lateral roots
- root hairs
- root cap
What are the 3 types of specialized/modified roots?
- aerial: prop roots, strangling
- pneumatophores
- buttress
What are the 5 shoot system organs?
- stem
- leaves
- fruit
- flower
- buds
What are the 3 types of modified stems?
- stolons
- rhizomes
- tubers
What are the 4 types of modified leaves?
- spines
- tendrils
- reproductive
- strorage
What are the 3 types of plant tissues?
- vascular
- dermal
- ground
Dermal tissue
-epidermis
-cuticle
-periderm
-guard cells
What does vascular tissue transport?
-water
-minereals
-sugars
-hormones
Where is ground tissue found?
-pith
-cortex
Parenchyma Cells
-most abundant cell type
-function in photosynthesis, storage, secretion
Collenchyma cells
-elongated living cells
-found in stems, petioles, veins
-function is support
Sclerenchyma cells
-found in tissues needing maximum support
-cells are dead
-function primarily in support some in transport
What are the 2 types of sclerenchyma cells?
- trachied
- sclerids