Lab #8 Angiosperms
Plastids Amyloplasts – from garden bean chromoplasts – from red pepper
Epidermal structures Trichome and leaf cross section Guards cells + Stoma
Mesophyll – Palisade and Spongy epidermis
Monocot Root xylem (vessel element & tracheids) pith phloem pericycle http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/Biology/botf99/rootuse/monovsdi.htm
Monocot root endodermis xylem (vessel element & tracheids) pith phloem pericycle endodermis pith
Monocot stems epidermis parenchyma
Monocot Stem Vascular Bundle xylem sclerenchyma is called a bundle sheath in monocot leaf vascular bundles
Monocot Leaf
Dicot Root vascular cylinder = stele pericycle phloem metaxylem endodermis metaxylem from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
Dicot Lateral Root
Dicot stems Trifolium (clover) epidermis cortex pith Helianthus (sunflower) phloem vascular cambium metaxylem protoxylem from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
Dicot Stem sclerenchyma fasicular xylem interfasicular cambium pith phloem Dicot Stem
Dicot Stem Vascular Bundle sclerenchyma tracheids region of protoxylem metaxylem
Dicot Leaf Stained cross-section through the leaf of lilac: 1 upper epidermis, 2 palisade parenchyma, 3 spongy parenchyma, 4 air cavity, 5 lower epidermis, 6 stomata, 7 trichome, 8 major vein, 9 xylem, 10 phloem, 11 supporting tissue (sclerenchyma) http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/en/virtuallessons/leaf/mesomorph/
Dicot Leaf
Dicot vs. Monocot Vascular Bundles Sclerenchyma tracheid Sclerenchyma DICOT MONOCOT from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
Dicot vs. Monocot Root
Monocot vs. Dicot Stem DICOT MONOCOT
No vascular cambium – no secondary growth! sclerenchyma phloem metaphloem protoxylem metaxylem
WATER-CONDUCTING CELLS OF THE XYLEM Tracheids with circular-bordered pits in their primary walls TRACHEIDS Tracheids Pits WATER-CONDUCTING CELLS OF THE XYLEM from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
VESSEL ELEMENTS perforation plates in the side walls of a vessel element vessel elements with perforation plates tracheids
Ash wood perforation plate xylem ray vessel element tracheids perforation plate: the end wall of a vessel element where the secondary cell wall was not deposited and the primary cell wall has been digested. vessel element tracheids from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
vessel elements tracheids from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
perforation plates pits from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
Tracheids with annular thickenings from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
3 yr Tilia stem (Basswood) secondary xylem (tracheids & vessel elements) vascular cambium phloem cork cork + cork cambium = periderm vascular cambium to cork = Bark
Cork Cambium lenticel cork cork cambium from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR
Lenticel from Biology 311 site Alison Roberts (aroberts@uri.edu) © 1998-2012 AWR