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TISSUES
A TISSUE IS A GROUP OF CELLS ORGANIZED
INTO A STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL UNIT.
SIMPLE TISSUES CONSIST OF SINGLE CELL
TYPES, BUT MAY BE INTERSPERSED WITH
OTHER ISOLATED CELL TYPES – IDIOBLASTS (A
CELL IN A TISSUE THAT DIFFERS MARKEDLY
IN FORM, SIZE OR CONTENTS FROM THE
OTHER CELLS IN THE SAME TISSUE –
SCLEREIDS ARE AN EXAMPLE).
COMPLEX TISSUES CONSIST OF MULTIPLE
CELL TYPES AND MAY INCLUDE ELEMENTS OF
SEVERAL DIFFERENT SIMPLE TISSUE TYPES.
TISSUES CAN ALSO BE DIVIDED INTO TWO
GROUPS DEPENDING ON THEIR ORIGIN.
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PRIMARY TISSUES ARE DERIVED FROM
APICAL MERISTEMS; SECONDARY TISSUES ARE
DERIVED FROM LATERAL MERISTEMS. FOR
NOW, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PRIMARY
TISSUES.
SIMPLE TISSUES
PARENCHYMA
PARENCHYMA CELLS ARE USUALLY THIN
WALLED AND POLYHEDRAL. THEY ARE THE
LEAST SPECIALIZED CELLS OF THE PLANT
BODY. THEY MIGHT BE TIGHTLY PACKED
TOGETHER OR INTERSPERSED WITH
INTERCELLUAR AIR SPACES. THIS IS THE MOST
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COMMON TISSUE. SPECIALIZED TYPES
INCLUDE SECRETORY TISSUES AND
CHLORENCHYMA – WHICH CONTAINS LOTS OF
CHLOROPLASTS.
AERENCHYMA
THIS IS A SPECIALIZED PARENCHYMATOUS
TISSUE THAT IS USUALLY FOUND IN AQUATIC
PLANTS. IT HAS A REGULAR, WELLDEVELOPED SYSTEM OF LARGE
INTERCELLULAR AIR SPACES THAT ALLOWS
INTERNAL DIFFUSION OF GASSES (O2 AND CO2)
THROUGHOUT THE PLANT. IT IS USUALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH A SYSTEM OF TRANSVERSE
SEPTA OR DIAPHRAGMS THAT PROVIDE
MECHANICAL RESISTENCE TO COMPRESSION
AND TO BLOCK WATER FLOW IF THE SYSTEM
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IS BROKEN. THE SEPTA ARE LAYERS OF
PARENCHYMA CELLS THAT HAVE THICKER
WALLS THAN NEIGHBORING AERENCHYMA
CELLS.
COLLENCHYMA
THIS CONSISTS OF AXIALLY ELONGATED,
TIGHTLY PACKED CELLS WITH UNEVENLY
THICKENED PRIMARY WALLS. THIS TISSUE
HAS A STRENGHTENING FUNCTION. IT IS
OFTEN FOUND IN THE ANGLES OF YOUNG
STEMS AND THE MIDRIBS OF LEAVES. THESE
ARE LIVING CELLS; THEIR WALLS USUALLY
DO NOT BECOME LIGNIFIED.
SCLERENCHYMA
THIS IS A SUPPORTING OR PROTECTIVE
TISSUE, CONSISTING OF CELLS WITH
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THICKENED, OFTEN LIGNIFIED, SECONDARY
WALLS. THE CELLS ARE USUALLY DEAD AT
MATURITY. THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF
SCLERENCHYMA:
FIBERS
THESE ARE LONG SLENDER CELLS AND OFTEN
OCCUR ALONGSIDE VASCULAR TISSUE
PROVIDING PROTECTION AND SUPPORT. THEY
ARE ELONGATED ALONG THE LONG AXIS OF
THE ORGAN AND USUALLY OCCUR IN GROUPS.
THE WALL CONTAINS SIMPLE PITS. FIBERS
TEND TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH TENSILE
STRENGTH , ALLOWING BENDING WITHOUT
BREAKING OF PLANT AXES. FIBERS ARE THE
SOURCE OF TEXTILES SUCH AS LINEN & HEMP.
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SCLEREIDS
THESE CELLS ARE SHORT AND OF VARIABLE
SHAPES –OFTEN IDIOBLASTS. THEY FORM
STONE CELLS IN PEARS AND THE SHELL OF
WALNUTS. SCLEREIDS MAY CONTAIN A
PROTOPLAST.
BRACHYSCLEREIDS ARE ISODIAMETRIC CELLS
DISPERSED AMONG PARENCHYMA CELLS –
STONE CELLS OF PEARS.
ASTROSCLEREIDS ARE HIGHLY BRANCHED
CELLS WITH PROJECTIONS THAT GROW
INTRUSIVELY INTO SURROUNDING
INTERCELLULAR SPACES – COMMON IN
LEAVES.
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MACROSCLEREIDS ARE COLUMNAR OR ROD
SHAPED AND ARE COMMON IN THE EPIDERMIS
OF SEEDS AND ENDOCARPS OF FRUITS.
COMPLEX TISSUES
GROUND TISSUE
THIS TISSUE FORMS THE BULK OF THE PLANT.
IT TYPICALLY CONSISTS OF PARENCHYMA,
SCLERENCHYMA OR COLLENCHYMA, OFTEN
WITH IDIOBLASTS. IT FORMS THE CORTEX
(THE TISSUE REGION BETWEEN THE
VASCULAR SYSTEM AND THE EPIDERMIS IN
STEMS AND ROOTS) AND THE PITH (THE TISSUE
REGION IN THE CENTER OF THE STEM &
ROOT).
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THE MESOPHYLL OF LEAVES – BETWEEN THE
UPPER AND LOWER EPIDERMIS (EXCLUDING
THE VASCULAR BUNDLES) IS GROUND TISSUE
IMPORTANT IN PHOTOSYNTHESIS.
EPIDERMAL TISSUES
THE EPIDERMIS IS A CONTINUOUS
PROTECTIVE LAYER OF CELLS ON THE OUTER
SURFACES OF ROOTS, STEMS & LEAVES. ITS
PRIMARY FUNCTION IS TO LIMIT WATER LOSS,
PROTECT THE PLANT FROM PATHOGENS,
MITIGATE THE EFFECTS OF SOLAR RADIATION
AND TO STRENGTHEN & SUPPORT THE PLANT
BODY. AT THE SAME TIME IT MUST ALLOW O2
AND CO2 TO ENTER & LEAVE THE PLANT.
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THE CELLS ARE USUALLY COATED WITH A
WAXY LAYER OF CUTIN (LIPIDS & WAXES) –
THE CUTICLE. THIS IS USUALLY THIN AND
TRANSPARENT. XERIC PLANTS MAY HAVE A
VERY THICK CUTICLE. IT IS LARGELY BUT NOT
TOTALLY IMPERMEABLE TO THE PASSAGE OF
WATER & OTHER SMALL MOLECULES. IT
PLAYS A MAJOR ROLE IN THE RESTRICTION OF
WATER LOSS FROM THE PLANT.
EPICUTICULAR WAX – THE OUTER SURFACE OF
THE CUTICLE CONSISTS OF SCALE LIKE
PLATELETS OF VARIOUS FORMS. THESE PLAY
A MAJOR ROLE IN RELFECTING LIGHT, WHICH
REDUCES THE CHANCE OF OVERHEATING AND
EXCESSIVE WATER LOSS THROUGH
TRANSPIRATION. IT ALSO SERVES TO “WATER9
PROOF” THE PLANT AND MAKES IT “SELFCLEANING” –DURING RAINFALL WATER AND
CONTAMINATING PARTICLES FLOW OFF THE
LEAF, ETC.
THE EPIDERMIS IS USUALLY JUST ONE CELL
LAYER THICK, LACKS CHLOROPLASTS AND IS
TRANSPARENT (BUT THEIR VACUOLES MAY
CONTAIN OTHER PIGMENTS – ANTHOCYANINS).
IT CONSISTS MOSTLY OF LIVING PARENCHYMA
CELLS – TYPICALLY TABULAR (NARROW
RADIAL DIMENSION AND LARGE INNER AND
OUTER SURFACE AREAS). IN MANY MONOCOTS
EPIDERMAL CELLS ARE ELONGATE WITH THE
LONG AXIS PARALLEL TO THE LONG AXIS OF
THE PLANT STRUCTURE.
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THE EPIDERMIS MAY CONTAIN IDIOBLASTS:
1. CORK CELLS – NON-LIVING, WITH
SUBERIZED WALLS, UNKNOWN FUNCTION.
2. SILICA CELLS – CONTAIN DEPOSITS OF SiO2,
ABRASIVE NATURE OF GRASS LEAVES
3. BULLIFORM CELLS – IN GRASSES, LARGE
THIN WALLED CELLS, CONTRIBUTE TO THE
UNROLLING OF GRASS LEAVES; IN MATURE
LEAVES DURING DROUGHT PARTICIPATE IN
INVOLUTION – THE ROLLING UP OF THE
LEAVES BY BECOMING FLACCID (LOSE
WATER).
4. OTHER CELLS MAY CONTAIN PIGMENTS,
OILS, CRYSTALS, TANNINS, ETC.
MULTIPLE EPIDERMIS – MULTILAYERED
EPIDERMIS FOUND IN SOME PLANTS (FICUS,
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PIPERACEAE). THE VELAMEN OF THE AERIAL
ROOTS OF ORCHIDS IS A MULTIPLE EPIDERMIS.
THE CELLS ARE ADAPTED FOR WATER
STORAGE.
TRICHOMES
THESE ARE OUTGROWTHS OF THE EPIDERMIS
– INCLUDE HAIRS, SCALES, ETC. AND MAY BE
GLANDULAR. THEY MAY BE ALIVE OR DIE
FOLLOWING DEVELOPMENT, MAY BE UNI- OR
MULTI-CELLULAR, UNBRANCHED OR
BRANCHED OR PELTATE. HAIRS MAY BE
FOUND ON ALL PARTS OF THE PLANT. THEIR
FUNCTION IS POORLY UNDERSTOOD:
1. DENSE COVERINGS MAY HOLD A LAYER OF
VAPOR FILLED AIR ON THE SURFACE OF THE
LEAF, REDUCING TEMPERATURE
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2. MAY INHIBIT WATER LOSS
3. REFLECT LIGHT, PREVENT OVER HEATING
4. PREVENT OR RESTRICT INSECT PREDATION
5. SPECIALIZED HAIRS OF SALT MARSH PLANTS
ARE REPOSITORIES OF SALT, PREVENT THE
BUILD UP OF TOXIC LEVELS OF SALT IN THE
PLANT
RHIZODERMIS
THIS IS THE ROOT EPIDERMIS AND DIFFERS
FROM THE EPIDERMIS OF STEMS AND LEAVES.
1. CUTICLE ABSENT
2. NO STOMATA
3. ABSORPTION OCCURS THROUGH ALL OUTER
SURFACES OF EPIDERMAL CELLS
4. ROOT HAIRS ARE SIMPLE EXTENSIONS FROM
SINGLE EPIDERMAL CELLS. THEY INCREASE
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THE ABSORPTIVE SURFACE. THEY DEVELOP
FROM SPECIALIZED CELLS IN THE EPIDERMIS
CALLED TRICHOBLASTS. THEY GENERALLY
OCCUPY AN AREA JUST BEHIND THE ROOT TIP
AND AREA WHERE THE PERIDERM DEVELOPS –
A SECONDARY PROTECTIVE TISSUE THAT CAN
REPLACE THE EPIDERMIS.
STOMATA (plural) STOMA (singular)
THESE ARE SPECIALIZED PORES IN THE
EPIDERMIS THROUGH WHICH GASEOUS
EXCHANGE TAKES PLACE (O2, CO2, H2O). THEY
OCCUR ON MOST PLANT SURFACES ABOVE
GROUND, BUT ESPECIALLY ON
PHOTOSYNTHETIC STEMS AND LEAVES. IN
DICOTS MOST ABUNDANT ON LOWER
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SURFACE, IN MONOCOTS MORE EVENLY
DISTRIBUTED.
THE STOMA CAN REFER TO THE APERTURE OR
PORE ONLY OR THE PORE PLUS THE
STOMATAL APPARATUS (GUARD CELLS,
SUBSIDARY CELLS).
THE STOMATA OF ALL PLANTS ARE VERY
SIMILAR – THE GUARD CELLS ARE KIDNEY
SHAPED AND THE CELL WALLS IN THE POLAR
REGIONS (WHERE THE ENDS OF THE PAIR OF
CELLS ARE ATTACHED) ARE THICKER THAN
OTHER PARTS OF THE CELL WALL. THE GUARD
CELLS CONTAIN CHLOROPLASTS. ADJACENT
TO THE GUARD CELLS ARE SUBSIDARY CELLS
(2 OR 4) THAT USUALLY ARE DIFFERENT
MORPHOLOGICALLY FROM OTHER
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EPIDERMAL CELLS. SUBSIDARY CELLS MAY BE
DEVELOPMENTALLY RELATED TO GUARD
CELLS AND ARE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF
STOMATAL OPENING. IMMEDIATELY BELOW
THE STOMA THERE IS A LARGE AIR SPACE IN
THE LEAF MESOPHYLL CALL THE SUBSTOMAL
CHAMBER. AT MATURITY THE GUARD CELLS
MAY BE MAY BE AT THE SAME LEVEL IN THE
EPIDERMIS AS THE SUBSIDARY CELLS, RAISED
ABOVE THEM OR SUNKEN BELOW THEM.
GUARD CELLS OPEN AND CLOSE IN RESPONSE
TO TURGOR PRESSURE IN THE CELLS; AS
TURGOR INCREASES THE GUARD CELLS
EXPAND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER OPENING
THE PORE, SINCE THE ENDS OF THE GUARD
CELLS ARE ATTACHED THEY BULGE AWAY
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FROM EACH OTHER; LOSS OF TURGOR AND
THE APERTURE CLOSES. POTASSIUM IONS ARE
IMPORTANT IN CONTROLLING THE TURGOR
PRESSURE AND SUBSIDARY CELLS ARE THE
SOURCE OF THE WATER AND IONS DURING THE
PROCESS OF STOMATAL OPENING.
IN THE POACEAE AND CYPERACEAE THE
GUARD CELLS ARE VERY DIFFERENT –
RESEMBLING A DUMB-BELL. THE ENDS OF THE
GUARD CELLS ARE THIN WALLED AND
BULBOUS WITH THE CENTRAL REGION
NARROW AND THICKER WALLED. WHEN THE
BULBOUS ENDS ARE TURGID AND EXPANDED
THE APERTURE IS OPEN, WHEN NOT EXPANDED
IT IS CLOSED.
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VASCULAR TISSUE
THIS TISSUE SERVES TO TRANSPORT
SUBSTANCES THROUGHOUT THE PLANT BODY.
IT IS COMPOSED OF XYLEM, WHICH CONDUCTS
WATER & MINERALS, AND PHLOEM, WHICH
DISTRIBUTES SUGAR AND MINERALS THAT ARE
DISSOLVED IN WATER.
VASCULAR SYSTEMS OF PLANTS IS NOT A
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM LIKE THAT FOUND IN
ANIMALS. WATER & MINERALS ENTER THE
XYLEM IN THE ROOTS AND ARE CONDUCTED
UPWARD TO THE STEMS & LEAVES. XYLEM SAP
TRAVELS THROUGH DEAD CELLS; WATER &
MINERALS ARE ABSORBED BY SURROUNDING
CELLS, WATER EVAPORATES FROM THE
LEAVES AND IS LOST. PHLOEM CELLS ARE
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LIVING. THEY GET SUGAR FROM WHERE IT IS
ABUNDANT – LEAVES IN SUMMER, TUBERS OR
RHIZOMES IN SPRING – AND TRANSPORT IT TO
AREAS WHERE IT IS NEEDED – GROWING TIPS
OF ROOTS, SHOOTS & LEAVES, FLOWERS,
FRUITS, ETC. BOTH XYLEM AND PHLOEM ARE
COMPLEX TISSUES WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT
CELL TYPES. TYPICALLY XYLEM & PHLOEM
OCCUR TOGETHER IN A COLUMN CALLED A
VASCULAR BUNDLE.
XYLEM
THE CONDUCTING CELLS OF XYLEM ARE
CALLED TRACHEARY ELEMENTS COMPOSED
OF TRACHEIDS AND VESSELS. BOTH HAVE TWO
FUNCTIONS: SUPPORT AND TRANSPORT OF
WATER AND MINERALS. THE TRACHEID IS THE
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OLDER OF THE CELL TYPES; ALMOST ALL
NON-ANGIOSPERMS (CONIFERS & FERNS) HAVE
XYLEM COMPOSED OF TRACHEIDS ONLY.
VESSELS EVOLVED FROM TRACHEIDS
RELATIVELY RECENTLY AND OCCUR ALMOST
EXCLUSIVELY IN ANGIOSPERMS (BUT MOST
ANGIOSPERMS ALSO HAVE TRACHEIDS).
BOTH TRACHEIDS AND VESSELS HAVE A
PRIMARY WALL AND A SECONDARY WALL.
THE SECONDARY WALL IS THICK WITH LOTS
OF LIGNIN. THE SECONDARY WALL IS
DISCONTINUOUS BEING DEPOSITED ON THE
PRIMARY WALL IN HELICAL, RETICULATE,
ANNULAR OR SCALARIFORM PATTERNS. THE
SECONDARY WALL IS IMPERMEABLE TO
WATER; THE PRIMARY WALL IS PERMEABLE
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TO WATER ALLOWING WATER TO ENTER THE
CELLS. BOTH HAVE PITS (WELL DEFINED
AREAS LACKING A SECONDARY WALL). THE
PIT-PAIRS IN THE CELL WALLS ALLOW FOR
THE TRANSPORT OF WATER FROM ONE CELL
TO ANOTHER. THE PRIMARY WALL OF THE
TWO CELLS AND THE MIDDLE LAMELLA LIE
BETWEEN THE TWO PITS OF A PAIR AND FORM
THE PIT MEMBRANE. THIS IS HIGHLY POROUS
AND FACILITATES THE TRANSPORT OF WATER
& MINERALS FROM ONE CELL TO THE
ADJACENT ONE.
THE TRACHEID IS A LONG NARROW CELL
WITH POINTED ENDS THAT OVERLAP THE
ENDS OF OTHER TRACHEIDS.
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VESSELS ARE SHORT, WIDE CELLS USUALLY
WITH FLAT ENDS. THEY HAVE PERFORATE END
WALLS. IN XYLEM THE VESSELS ARE STACKED
END TO END FORMING LONG TUBES – AT
MATURITY THE ENTIRE END WALL MAY BE
REMOVED OR A PERFORATION PLATE MAY
EXIST – A WALL WITH HOLES IN IT.
WATER CAN MOVE MORE EFFECIENTLY
THROUGH VESSELS – THE PERFORATIONS
ALLOW WATER TO FLOW SMOOTHLY
WITHOUT GOING THROUGH PIT MEMBRANES.
VESSELS ALSO FORM LONG TUBES SO THE
WATER FOLLOWS A STRAIGHT PATH RATHER
THAN A HELICAL ONE IN TRACHEIDS. THE
LARGER DIAMETER OF THE VESSEL ALSO
IMPROVES TRANSPORT EFFECIENCY. IT IS
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THOUGHT THAT THE EVOLUTION OF VESSELS
IN ANGIOSPERMS AND THEIR GREATER WATER
TRANSPORT CAPACITY IS A MAJOR REASON
ANGIOSPERMS DOMINATE THE LANDSCAPE.
XYLEM ALSO HAS PARENCHYMA,
SCLERENCHYMA, SCLEREIDS AND FIBERS IN IT.
PHLOEM
PHLOEM IS A COMPLEX TISSUE WITH
PARENCHYMA, FIBERS, SCLERENCHYMA AND
SCLEREIDS.
THE CONDUCTING CELLS OF PHLOEM ARE THE
SIEVE ELEMENTS COMPOSED OF SIEVE CELLS
AND SIEVE TUBE MEMBERS. BOTH ARE
COMPOSED OF LIVING CELLS WITH PRIMARY
WALLS ONLY.
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SIEVE CELLS ARE LONG AND NARROW WITH
POINTED ENDS THAT OVERLAP THE ENDS OF
OTHER SIEVE CELLS. SIEVE AREAS ARE
SPECIALIZED PERFORATE REGIONS (CLUSTERS
OF PORES) ON THE LATERAL WALLS – THESE
ARE SIEVE PORES. THE PROTOPLASTS OF
CONTIGUOUS SIEVE CELLS ARE
INTERCONNECTED. THE SIEVE PORES OF
ADJACENT CELLS ARE ALIGNED.
SIEVE TUBE MEMBER CELLS ARE SHORT AND
WIDE WITH FLAT ENDS. THESE CELLS LINE UP
END TO END TO FORMING LONG COLUMNS
(SIEVE TUBES). ON THE SIDE WALLS THERE
ARE SMALL SIEVE AREAS. ON THE END WALLS
ARE SIEVE PLATES WITH PORES GENERALLY
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LARGER THAN THE PORES OF THE SEIVE
AREAS.
SIEVE ELEMENTS ARE LIVING CELLS BUT ARE
DIFFERENT IN THAT THEIR NUCLEI AND
TONOPLASTS DEGENERATE AND THEY LACK
RIBOSOMES. THEY DO HAVE MITOCHONDRIA
AND ER AND SOME PLASTIDS WHICH ARE
LOCATED AT THE EDGES OF THE CELLS. SIEVE
ELEMENTS ARE UNABLE TO CONTROL THEIR
GENETIC AND METABOLIC ACTIVITIES.
ASSOCIATED SPECIALIZED CELLS TOOK OVER
THESE FUNCTIONS AND ALSO FACILITATE THE
TRANSFER OF SUGARS FROM MESOPHYLL
CELLS INTO AND OUT OF THE SIEVE
ELEMENTS.
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SIEVE TUBE MEMBER CELLS ARE ASSOCIATED
WITH COMPANION CELLS. EACH COMPANION
CELL IS DERIVED FROM THE SAME MOTHER
CELL AS THE SIEVE TUBE MEMBER CELL WITH
WHICH IT IS IN CONTACT. THE COMPANION
CELL HAS A DENSE PROTOPLAST WITH A
NUCLEUS, MITOCHONDRIA, ER, RIBOSOMES,
VACUOLE AND PLASTIDS. THE COMPANION
CELLS OF SIEVE TUBE MEMBER CELLS ARE
CONNECTED BY PLASMODESMATA TO THE
SEIVE TUBE MEMBER CELL. COMPANION
CELLS PROVIDES THE SEIVE TUBE MEMBER
WITH PROTEINS, SIGNALING MOLECULES AND
ATP.
SIEVE CELLS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH
SPECIALIZED CELLS CALLED STRASBURGER
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CELLS WHICH PERFORM THE SAME FUNCTION
AS COMPANION CELLS BUT DIFFER IN ORIGIN
AND STRUCTURE.
SIEVE CELLS ARE COMMON IN GYMNOSPERMS
AND FERNS, THEY ARE NOT IN ANGIOSPERMS.
SEIVE TUBE MEMBERS ARE FOUND
INANGIOSPERMS ONLY.
VASCULAR BUNDLES
XYLEM AND PHLOEM OCCUR TOGETHER AS
VASCULAR BUNDLES, USUALLY SURROUNDED
BY LAYERS OF PARENCHYMA OR
SCLERENCHYMA WHICH FORM THE BUNDLE
SHEATH. THERE ARE FOUR TYPES OF
BUNDLES:
1. COLLATERAL BUNDLE – PRIMARY XYLEM IS
INNERMOST AND THE PRIMARY PHLOEM IS
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THE OUTER PART; COMMON IN GYMNOSPERMS
AND ANGIOSPERMS.
2. BICOLLATERAL BUNDLE – THE PRIMARY
XYLEM IS BOUNDED ON BOTH INSIDE AND
OUTSIDE BY PRIMARY PHLOEM – EXTERNAL
PHLOEM IS ON THE OUTSIDE AND INTERNAL
PHLOEM ON THE INSIDE; FOUND ONLY IN
SOME ANGIOSPERMS.
3. AMPHIVASAL BUNDLE – THE PRIMARY
XYLEM SURROUNDS THE PRIMARY PHLOEM;
IN SOME MONOCOTS AND A FEW DICOTS.
4. AMPHICRIBRAL BUNDLE – THE PRIMARY
PHLOEM SURROUNDS THE PRIMARY XYLEM;
COMMON IN SOME FERNS AND FEW AQUATIC
ANGIOSPERMS.
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