Plant anatomy

Plant anatomy is the study of plant cells and tissues. Epidermis, pith, phloem, and cortex are plant tissues. Vascular bundles are a type of vascular tissue that contains phloem and other cells.

Plant anatomy or phytotomy is the study of the internal structure of plants.^[1] This is usually considered distinct from plant morphology,^[1] which is the study of the external parts of plants. Plant anatomy is usually studied with a microscope.^[2]

Plant Anatomy Media

Chloroplasts in leaf cells of the moss Mnium stellare
This is a diagram of the anatomy of a plant with labels of structural parts of the plants and the roots. 1. Shoot system. 2. Root system. 3. Hypocotyl. 4. Terminal bud. 5. Leaf blade. 6. Internode. 7. Axillary bud. 8. Petiole. 9. Stem. 10. Node. 11. Tap root. 12. Root hairs. 13. Root tip. 14. Root cap
Vascular tissue of a gooseberry (left) and a vine branch (right) from Grew's Anatomy of Plants
An optical micrograph of a root tip at 100× magnification.
Nehemiah Grew, Father of Plant Anatomy

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Raven, P. H., R. F. Evert, & S. E. Eichhorn. Biology of Plants, 7th ed., page 9. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2005). ISBN 0-7167-1007-2.
↑ Evert, Ray Franklin and Esau, Katherine (2006) Esau's Plant anatomy: meristems, cells, and tissues of the plant body - their structure, function and development Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, page xv, ISBN 0-471-73843-3

Related pages

Nehemiah Grew - called "father of plant anatomy"
Comparative anatomy

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[Raven-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Raven, P. H., R. F. Evert, & S. E. Eichhorn. Biology of Plants, 7th ed., page 9. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2005). ISBN 0-7167-1007-2.

[2] Evert, Ray Franklin and Esau, Katherine (2006) Esau's Plant anatomy: meristems, cells, and tissues of the plant body - their structure, function and development Wiley, Hoboken, New Jersey, page xv, ISBN 0-471-73843-3

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