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Plant Form and Function
Thick structure (64 cells)
50 m
Tube-like structure
(64 cells)
Flattened structure
(64 cells)
Surface area  240,000 m2
(96 cell surfaces  2500 m2/cell surface)
Surface area  340,000 m2
(136 cell surfaces  2500 m2/cell
surface)
Surface area  420,000 m2
(168 cell surfaces  2500 m2/cell
surface)
Volume  8,000,000 m3
(64 cells  125,000 m3/cell)
Volume  8,000,000 m3
(64 cells  125,000 m3/cell)
Volume  8,000,000 m3
(64 cells  125,000 m3/cell)
Surface area/volume  0.0300/m
Surface area/volume  0.0425/m
Surface area/volume  0.0525/m
Root tip
root hairs
mucigel
Root apical meristem
rootcap
Stem module
dicot
monocot
Water buttercup
Agrimony
Shoot apical meristem
epidermis
cortex
Vascular bundle
Primary phloem
Primary xylem
Procambium
Cross section of
dicot primary stem
pith
Primary xylem
Vascular cambium
Secondary
xylem
Primary
phloem
Secondary
phloem
Second year
Secondary
xylem
First year
Secondary
xylem
Annual ring
Early wood
Late wood
Cork cambium
Secondary growth
phelloderm
Cork
cambium
cork
Cork
cambium
phelloderm
periderm
epidermis
cortex
cork
Primary
xylem
Primary
phloem
Cork cambium
phelloderm
Secondary
phloem
Vascular
cambium
Secondary
xylem
Mature secondary stem