Plant Tissue Flashcards
Two types of cell tissues in plants
-Meristematic -Non-meristematic
Features of Meristematic tissues
- Actively divide
- Six-sided, box-like, similar in shape and size
- With tiny or no vacuole (bcuz they don’t need it as they keep on dividing actively/ the organelle is not needed/ no need to store food or water)
Groups of Meristematic tissues
(a) Apical meristems (root/shoot)
(b) Lateral meristems
(c) Intercalary meristems
—————— Found in tip of roots and shoots, responsible for increase in length as they form new cells (primary growth)
Apical meristem
Primary meristems = ———- + ———–
apical meristems + meristems in buds and embryo leaves.
only primary growth meaning no lignin in the cell wall
Apical meristem is divided to (1)——— (2)——- (3) ———
(1) protoderm (2) ground meristems (3) procambium
————– Increase the girth (width) of roots and stems and give the secondary growth
Lateral meristems
Lateral meristems made of
(1) Vascular cambium
(2) Cork cambium
——————- it present a long the length of
roots and stems of perennial plants and many
herbaceous annuals. and gives xylem and phloem
Vascular cambium
—————— thin cylinder that runs along the root
and stem of woody plants outside the vascular
bundles and produces the bark.
Cork cambium
give cork cells
—————- it present in nodes (leaf
attachment areas), develop at intervals along the stem
and so add to stem length
Intercalary meristems
Grasses and most annuals have neither a ——– cambium nor a ——– cambium but still have —– and ——— meristems
vascular cambium nor a cork cambium
apical and intercalary meristems
Non-meristematic tissues can be:
(1) simple (one kind of cells)
(2) Complex (2 or more cells)
simple Non-meristematic tissues are divided into three types
Parenchyma
Collenchyma
Sclerenchyma
Features of Parenchyma
-The most abundant in plants, have thin and flexible primary wall
-spherical but could flattened at the point of contact with adjacent cells forming relatively large intercellular spaces.
-have large central vacuole which may contain starch, oil, tannins and crystals.
-The least specialized, carry out most of plant metabolism, can divide to repair damage and may live for long time up to 100 years as in cactus.
-synthesize & store various organic products (fleshy fruit, stem, root, petiole)
Types of parenchyma:
-Aerenchyma: in aquatic plant has extensive
intercellular spaces
-Chlorenchyma: leaf parenchyma
(photosynthesis)
-Transfer parenchyma; produce cells with
extensive extensions to transfer dissolved
substances (nectaries and carnivore plants).
—————– in aquatic plant has extensive
intercellular spaces
Aerenchyma
————— leaf parenchyma
(photosynthesis)
chlorenchyma
————- produce cells with
extensive extensions to transfer dissolved
substances (nectaries and carnivore plants).
Transfer parenchyma