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PLANT ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY
BODY ORGANIZATION AND
FUNCTION
TERMINOLOGIES TO NOTE:
●VASCULAR – A FORM OF TRANSPORT
SYSTEM FOR WATER AND NUTRIENTS
(PLANTS).
●MICROTUBULES - LONG, HOLLOW
CYLINDERS NEEDED IN MAINTAINING CELL
STRUCTURE, PROVIDING INTRACELLULAR
TRANSPORT.
●CELLULOSE – FOUND PRIMARILY IN THE
PRIMARY CELL WALL OF THE PLANT, USED IN
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT, IT IS THE MAJOR
CONSTITUENT OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD, AND
OF TEXTILES MADE FROM COTTON, LINEN AND
OTHER PLANT FIBERS.
PLANT BODY ORGANIZATION
A VASCULAR PLANT CONSISTS OF:
1. ROOT SYSTEM, WHICH IS
UNDERGROUND
-ANCHORS THE PLANT, AND IS USED
TO ABSORB WATER AND MINERALS
2. SHOOT SYSTEM, WHICH IS ABOVE
GROUND
-CONSISTS OF SUPPORTING STEMS,
PHOTOSYNTHETIC LEAVES AND
REPRODUCTIVE FLOWERS
PLANT CELL WALLS CONSIST OF
CELLULOSE
-PRIMARY CELL WALL
-FOUND IN ALL CELLS
-CELLULOSE FIBERS PARALLEL TO
MICROTUBULES
-SECONDARY CELL WALL
-FOUND IN SOME CELLS
-ADDITIONAL LAYERS OF
CELLULOSE AND LINING
-INCREASE MECHANICAL STRENGTH OF
WALL
ROOTS, SHOOTS AND LEAVES CONTAIN
THREE BASIC TISSUE SYSTEMS:
-DERMAL TISSUE – FOR PROTECTION
-WAX AND BARK
-GROUND TISSUE – FOR STORAGE,
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION
-VASCULAR TISSUE – FOR
CONDUCTION
-XYLEM – WATER AND DISSOLVED
MINERALS
-PHLOEM – NUTRIENT-
CONTAINING SOLUTION
MERISTEMS ARE CLUMPS OF SMALL
CELLS WITH DENSE (THICK)
CYTOPLASM AND LARGE NUCLEI
THEY ACT AS STEM CELLS DO IN
ANIMALS
-ONE CELL DIVIDES PRODUCING A
DIFFERENTIATING (SPECIALIZED)
CELL AND ANOTHER THAT REMAINS
MERISTEMATIC
APICAL MERISTEMS ARE LOCATED AT THE
TIPS OF STEMS AND ROOTS
-GIVE RISE TO PRIMARY TISSUES
WHICH ARE COLLECTIVELY CALLED THE
PRIMARY PLANT BODY
-THREE PRIMARY MERISTEMS
-PROTODERM → EPIDERMIS
-PROCAMBIUM → 1O
VASCULAR
TISSUE
-GROUND MERISTEM → GROUND
TISSUE
LATERAL MERISTEMS ARE FOUND IN
PLANTS THAT EXHIBIT SECONDARY
GROWTH
-GIVE RISE TO SECONDARY TISSUES
WHICH ARE COLLECTIVELY CALLED THE
SECONDARY PLANT BODY
-WOODY PLANTS HAVE TWO TYPES
-CORK CAMBIUM → OUTER
BARK
-VASCULAR CAMBIUM → 2O
VASCULAR TISSUE
PLANT TISSUES
●DERMAL
●GROUND
●VASCULAR
DERMAL TISSUE
●FORMS THE EPIDERMIS, WHICH IS
USUALLY ONE CELL LAYER THICK
●COVERED WITH A FATTY CUTIN
(COVERS SURFACE OF PLANT)
LAYER CONSTITUTING THE CUTICLE
(PROTECTIVE WAX COVER ON
LEAVES AND STEMS)
●CONTAINS SPECIAL CELLS,
INCLUDING GUARD CELLS,
TRICHOMES AND ROOT HAIRS
●ROOTS HAIRS ARE TUBULAR
EXTENSIONS OF INDIVIDUAL
EPIDERMAL CELLS
●GREATLY INCREASE THE ROOT’S
SURFACE AREA AND EFFICIENCY OF
ABSORPTION
GROUND TISSUE
CONSIST OF THREE TYPES OF
CELLS
-PARENCHYMA
-COLLENCHYMA
-SCLERENCHYMA
PARENCHYMA CELLS ARE THE MOST
COMMON TYPE OF PLANT CELL
-MAY LIVE FOR MANY YEARS,
FUNCTIONING IN STORAGE,
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND SECRETION
-SOME CONTAIN CHLOROPLASTS
AND ARE CALLED CHLORENCHYMA
COLLENCHYMA CELLS PROVIDE
SUPPORT FOR PLANT ORGANS,
ALLOWING BENDING BUT NOT
BREAKING
-HAVE LIVING PROTOPLASTS AND
MAY LIVE FOR MANY YEARS
SCLERENCHYMA CELLS HAVE
TOUGH THICK WALLS
-LACK LIVING WALLS AT
MATURITY
-TWO GENERAL TYPES
-FIBERS: LONG, SLENDER
CELLS THAT ARE USUALLY
GROUPED IN STRANDS
-SCLEREIDS: VARIABLE
SHAPE; BRANCHED; MAY
OCCUR SINGLY OR IN GROUPS
Parenchyma
● Parenchyma cells are
relatively unspecialized; large
vacuoles, thin primary wall (no
secondary)
● most common type of plant
cell; responsible for most of
plant metabolic functions -
primary sites of
photosynthesis, starch
storage….
●Fleshy tissue of most fruits
Collenchyma
●Collenchyma cells provide
support to growing stems and
leaves; thickened primary cell
walls
●Relatively flexible, allowing
organs to bend without breaking
Sclerenchyma
●Sclerenchyma cells have
tough, thick secondary walls,
often impregnated with lignin
●Two types specialized for
support; fibers and sclereids.
Both function to strengthen
tissue in which they occur
THE THREE TYPES OF CELLS AND GROUND TISSUES IN PLANTS
cross-section of a young
elderberry branch
cross-section from grass
blade
cluster of sclereids
(stained red) in pulp of
(Solomon et al 1999)
VASCULAR TISSUE
XYLEM
-CONSTITUTES THE MAIN WATER- AND
MINERAL-CONDUCTING TISSUE
-VESSELS: CONTINUOUS TUBES OF
DEAD CYLINDRICAL CELLS ARRANGED END-
TO-END
-TRACHEIDS: DEAD CELLS THAT TAPER
AT THE END AND OVERLAP ONE ANOTHER
-VESSELS ARE SHORTER & WIDER THAN
TRACHEIDS
-AND CONDUCT WATER MORE
EFFICIENTLY
XYLEM
-ALSO CONDUCTS INORGANIC IONS
SUCH AS NITRATES, AND SUPPORTS THE
PLANT BODY
-TYPICALLY INCLUDES
PARENCHYMA CELLS IN HORIZONTAL
ROWS CALLED RAYS
-FUNCTION IN LATERAL
CONDUCTION AND FOOD STORAGE
NOTE: THE DIFFUSION OF WATER VAPOR
FROM A PLANT IS TERMED
TRANSPIRATION
PHLOEM
-CONSTITUTES THE MAIN FOOD-
CONDUCTING TISSUE IN VASCULAR
PLANTS
-CONTAINS TWO TYPES OF
ELONGATED CELLS: SIEVE CELLS AND
SIEVE TUBE MEMBERS
-LIVING CELLS THAT CONTAIN
CLUSTERS OF PORES CALLED SIEVE
AREAS OR SIEVE PLATES
-SIEVE-TUBE MEMBERS ARE
MORE SPECIALIZED
ROOTS
ROOTS HAVE A SIMPLER PATTERN OF
ORGANIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT THAN
STEMS
FOUR REGIONS ARE COMMONLY
RECOGNIZED:
-ROOT CAP
-ZONE OF CELL DIVISION
-ZONE OF ELONGATION
-ZONE OF MATURATION
ZONE OF CELL DIVISION
-CONTAINS MOSTLY CUBOIDAL
CELLS, WITH SMALL VACUOLES AND
LARGE CENTRAL NUCLEI
-DERIVED FROM RAPID DIVISIONS
OF THE ROOT APICAL MERISTEM
-QUIESCENT CENTER CELLS
DIVIDE VERY INFREQUENTLY
-APICAL MERISTEM DAUGHTER
CELLS SOON SUBDIVIDE INTO THE
THREE PRIMARY TISSUES
ZONE OF CELL DIVISION
-PATTERNING OF THESE TISSUES
BEGINS IN THIS ZONE
-WEREWOLF (WER) GENE
-SUPPRESSES ROOT HAIR
DEVELOPMENT
-SCARECROW (SCR) GENE
-NECESSARY FOR
DIFFERENTIATION OF
ENDODERMAL AND GROUND CELLS
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*
ZONE OF ELONGATION
-ROOTS LENGTHEN BECAUSE
CELLS BECOME SEVERAL TIMES
LONGER THAN WIDE
-NO FURTHER INCREASE
OCCURS ABOVE THIS ZONE
ZONE OF MATURATION
-THE ELONGATED CELLS BECOME
DIFFERENTIATED INTO SPECIFIC CELL
TYPES
-EPIDERMAL CELLS: HAVE VERY THIN
CUTICLE
-INCLUDE ROOT HAIR AND
NONHAIR CELLS
-CORTEX: INTERIOR TO THE
EPIDERMIS
-PARENCHYMA CELLS USED FOR
STORAGE
*
Roots
*
MODIFIED ROOTS
MOST PLANTS PRODUCE EITHER/OR:
-TAPROOT SYSTEM: SINGLE LARGE
ROOT WITH SMALL BRANCH ROOTS
-FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM: MANY SMALL
ROOTS OF SIMILAR DIAMETER
SOME PLANTS, HOWEVER, PRODUCE
MODIFIED ROOTS WITH SPECIFIC
FUNCTIONS
-ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS ARISE FROM
ANY PLACE OTHER THAN THE PLANT’S
ROOT
PROP ROOTS: KEEP THE PLANT UPRIGHT
AERIAL ROOTS: OBTAIN WATER FROM
THE AIR
PNEUMATOPHORES: FACILITATE OXYGEN
UPTAKE
CONTRACTILE ROOTS: PULL PLANT
DEEPER INTO SOIL
PARASITIC ROOTS: PENETRATE HOST
PLANTS
FOOD STORAGE ROOTS: STORE
CARBOHYDRATES
WATER STORAGE ROOTS: WEIGH 50 OR
PROP ROOTS
AERIAL ROOTS
PNEUMATOPHORES
WATER STORAGE ROOTS
BUTTRESS ROOTS
STEMS
LIKE ROOTS, STEMS CONTAIN THE THREE
TYPES OF PLANT TISSUE
-ALSO UNDERGO GROWTH FROM
CELL DIVISION IN APICAL AND LATERAL
STEMS
SHOOT APICAL MERISTEM INITIATES STEM
TISSUE AND INTERMITTENTLY PRODUCES
PRIMORDIA
-DEVELOP INTO LEAVES, OTHER
SHOOTS AND EVEN FLOWERS
LEAVES MAY BE ARRANGED IN ONE OF
THREE WAYS
*
●THE SPIRAL (ALTERNATE)
ARRANGEMENT IS THE MOST
COMMON
●THIS IS TERMED PHYLLOTAXY
-MAY OPTIMIZE THE
EXPOSURE OF LEAVES TO
THE SUN
EXTERNAL STEM
STRUCTURE
NODE = POINT OF ATTACHMENT OF LEAF
TO STEM
INTERNODE = AREA OF STEM BETWEEN
TWO NODES
BLADE = FLATTENED PART OF LEAF
PETIOLE = STALK OF LEAF
AXIL = ANGLE BETWEEN PETIOLE/BLADE
AND STEM
AXILLARY BUD = DEVELOPS INTO
BRANCHES WITH LEAVES OR MAY FORM
FLOWERS *
Internal Stem Structure
Monocot vascular bundles are usually
scattered throughout ground tissue system
Eudicot vascular tissue is arranged in a ring
with internal ground tissue (pith) and external
ground tissue (cortex)
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*
*
VASCULAR TISSUE ARRANGEMENT IS
DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE STEM’S
ABILITY FOR SECONDARY GROWTH
-IN EUDICOTS, A VASCULAR CAMBIUM
DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE PRIMARY XYLEM
AND PHLOEM
-CONNECTS THE RING OF
PRIMARY VASCULAR BUNDLES
-IN MONOCOTS, THERE IS NO
VASCULAR CAMBIUM
-THEREFORE, NO SECONDARY
GROWTH
*
MODIFIED STEMS
BULBS = SWOLLEN UNDERGROUND STEMS,
CONSISTING OF FLESHY LEAVES
CORMS = SUPERFICIALLY RESEMBLE BULBS,
BUT HAVE NO FLESHY LEAVES
RHIZOMES = HORIZONTAL UNDERGROUND
STEMS, WITH ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS
RUNNERS AND STOLONS = HORIZONTAL
STEMS WITH LONG INTERNODES THAT GROW
ALONG THE SURFACE OF THE GROUND
*
TUBERS = SWOLLEN TIPS OF
RHIZOMES THAT CONTAIN
CARBOHYDRATES
TENDRILS = TWINE AROUND
SUPPORTS AND AID IN CLIMBING
CLADOPHYLLS = FLATTENED
PHOTOSYNTHETIC STEMS
RESEMBLING LEAVES
LEAVES
LEAVES ARE THE MAIN SITE OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
-THEY ARE DETERMINATE STRUCTURES
WHOSE GROWTH STOPS AT MATURITY
THE FLATTENING OF THE LEAF BLADE INCREASES
THE PHOTOSYNTHETIC SURFACE
EXIST IN TWO MORPHOLOGIES
-MICROPHYLL = HAVE ONE VEIN WHICH DOES
NOT EXTEND THE FULL LENGTH OF THE LEAF
-FOUND MAINLY IN THE PHYLUM
LYCOPHYTA
-MEGAPHYLLS = HAVE SEVERAL TO MANY
VEINS
VEINS CONSIST OF BOTH XYLEM AND
PHLOEM AND ARE DISTRIBUTED
THROUGHOUT THE LEAF BLADES
*
-MONOCOT
LEAVES HAVE
PARALLEL VEINS
-EUDICOT
LEAVES HAVE
NETTED OR
RETICULATE VEINS
LEAF BLADES COME IN A VARIETY OF
FORMS
-SIMPLE LEAVES CONTAIN
UNDIVIDED BLADES
-MAY HAVE TEETH,
INDENTATIONS OR LOBES
-COMPOUND LEAVES HAVE BLADES
THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO LEAFLETS
-PINNATE = LEAFLETS IN PAIRS
ALONG AN AXIS
-PALMATE = LEAFLETS RADIATE
OUT FROM A COMMON POINT
Leaves
*
Leaves (Cont.)
*
MODIFIED LEAVES
FLORAL LEAVES (BRACTS) = SURROUND
TRUE FLOWERS AND BEHAVE AS SHOWY
PETALS
SPINES = REDUCE WATER LOSS AND MAY
DETER PREDATORS
REPRODUCTIVE LEAVES = PLANTLETS
CAPABLE OF GROWING INDEPENDENTLY
INTO FULL-SIZED PLANT
WINDOW LEAVES = SUCCULENT, CONE-
SHAPED LEAVES THAT ALLOW
PHOTOSYNTHESIS UNDERGROUND
*
SHADE LEAVES = LARGER IN
SURFACE AREA BUT WITH LESS
MESOPHYLL THAN SUN-LIT LEAVES
INSECTIVOROUS LEAVES = TRAP
INSECTS
-PITCHER PLANTS HAVE CONE-
SHAPED LEAVES THAT ACCUMULATE
RAINWATER
-SUNDEWS HAVE GLANDS THAT
SECRETE STICKY MUCILAGE
-VENUS FLYTRAP HAVE HINGED
LEAVES THAT SNAP SHUT
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