Plant Form Chapter 36 Plant Body Organization A
Plant Form Chapter 36
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 Each has an apex that extends growth 2
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Plant Body Organization 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 lignin -Increase mechanical strength of wall 4
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Plant Body Organization 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 6
Plant Body Organization Meristems are clumps of small cells with dense cytoplasm and large nuclei They act as stem cells do in animals -One cell divides producing a differentiating cell and another that remains meristematic 7
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Plant Body Organization 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 1 o vascular tissue -Ground meristem Ground tissue 9
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Plant Body Organization 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 2 o vascular tissue 12
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Plant Tissues As mentioned earlier, plants contain three main types of tissue -Dermal -Ground -Vascular 14
Dermal Tissue Forms the epidermis, which is usually one cell layer thick Covered with a fatty cutin layer constituting the cuticle Contains special cells, including guard cells, trichomes and root hairs 15
Dermal Tissue Guard cells are paired sausage-shaped cells -Flank a stoma, which is the passageway for oxygen and carbon dioxide Guard cell formation is the result of an asymmetrical cell division that produces: -A guard cell -A subsidiary cell -Aids in stoma opening and closing 16
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Dermal Tissue Trichomes are cellular or multicellular hairlike outgrowths of the epidermis -Keep leaf surfaces cool and reduce evaporation by covering stomatal openings -Some are glandular, secreting substances that deter herbivory Trichome patterning is under genetic control 20
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Dermal Tissue Roots hairs are tubular extensions of individual epidermal cells -Greatly increase the root’s surface area and efficiency of absorption 23
Ground Tissue Consist of three types of cells -Parenchyma -Collenchyma -Sclerenchyma 24
Ground Tissue 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 25
Ground Tissue 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 -Both strengthen tissues 26
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Vascular Tissue Xylem -Constitutes the main water- and mineralconducting 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 29
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Vascular Tissue 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 31
Vascular Tissue 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 -Associated with companion cells 32
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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 34
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Roots Root cap -Contains two types of cells that are formed continuously by the root apical meristem -Columella cells: Inner -Root cap cells: Outer and lateral -Functions mainly in protection of the delicate tissues behind it -Also in the perception of gravity 36
Roots Zone of cell division -Contains mostly cuboidal cells, with small vacuoles and large central nuclei -Derived from rapid divisions of the root apical meristem -Quiescenter cells divide very infrequently -Apical meristem daughter cells soon subdivide into the three primary tissues 37
Roots 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 38
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Roots Zone of elongation -Roots lengthen because cells become several times longer than wide -No further increase occurs above this zone 41
Roots 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 42
Roots Zone of maturation -Endodermis: Single-layered cylinder -Impregnated with bands of suberin called the Casparian strips -Stele: All tissues interior to endodermis -Pericycle: Multiple-layered cylinder -Gives rise to lateral (branch) roots or the two lateral meristems 43
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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 48
Modified Roots 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 more kg Buttress roots: Provide considerable stability 49
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Pneumatophores Water storage roots 51
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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 53
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Stems Leaves may be arranged in one of three ways 55
Stems The spiral (alternate) arrangement is the most common -Sequential leaves tend to be placed 137. 5 o apart -This is termed phyllotaxy -May optimize the exposure of leaves to the sun 56
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 Terminal bud = Extends the shoot system during the growing season 57
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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) 59
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Internal Stem Structure 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 62
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Internal Stem Structure Rings in the stump of a tree reveal annual patterns of vascular cambium growth -Cell size depends on growth conditions In woody eudicots and gymnosperms, the cork cambium arises in the outer cortex -Produces boxlike cork cells on outside and parenchyma-like phelloderm cells on inside -Collectively called the periderm 65
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Internal Stem Structure Cork tissue cells get impregnated with suberin shortly after they are formed -They then die and constitute the outer bark The cork cambium also produces unsuberized cells called lenticels -Permit gas exchange to continue 68
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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 70
Modified Stems Tubers = Swollen tips of rhizomes that contain carbohydrates Tendrils = Twine around supports and aid in climbing Cladophylls = Flattened photosynthetic stems resembling leaves 71
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Leaves are the main site of photosynthesis -They are determinate structures whose growth stops at maturity 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 75
Leaves The flattening of the leaf blade reflects a shift from radial to dorsal-ventral symmetry -It increases the photosynthetic surface The mechanism of this shift is becoming clearer through the analysis of mutants that lack distinct tops and bottoms 76
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Leaves 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 79
Leaves 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 80
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Leaves The leaf’s surface is covered by transparent epidermal cells, most having no chloroplasts Epidermis has a waxy cuticle -The lower epidermis contains numerous mouth-shaped stomata flanked by guard cells 83
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Leaves The mesophyll is the tissue between the upper and lower epidermis -Most eudicot leaves have two types -Palisade mesophyll = Usually two rows of tightly packed chlorenchyma cells -Spongy mesophyll = Loosely arranged cells with many air spaces in between -Monocot leaves mesophyll is usually not differentiated into palisade/spongy layers 85
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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 88
Modified Leaves 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 89
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