Cells and Tissues of the Plant
Body
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The Three Primary Tissue Systems as Viewed in
a Herbaceous Eudicot Stem
- View of Coleus stem with three primary tissue systems
indicated
- View of Medicago stem: view of three primary tissue
systems
Dermal Tissue System
- View of epidermis of Coleus - trichomes
- View of epidermis of Medicago - stoma
Ground Tissue
System
- View of Coleus stem cross section: Regions of ground
tissue indicated
- View of parenchyma in the pith stained with iodine
- View of Coleus Stem: Collenchyma in cortex at ribs
- View of comparison of fresh Coleus collenchyma
vs. dehydrated Medicago tissue
Vascular Tissue
System
- View of Coleus stem cross section: vascular bundle
- xylem and phloem indicated
- View of Medicago Stem: labelled vascular bundle
- View of Medicago stem: transect with xylem and
phloem labelled
- View of Xylem tissue of Medicago
- View of Fascicular Cambium of Medicago
- View of Interfascicular Cambium of Medicago
Sclerenchyma
Fibers of Tilia (basswood)
bark
Vascular
Tissue - Cucurbita Stem Tissue
View of Prepared Slide
Phloem
Cross sections
View of phloem tissue 100x
View of phloem tissue - sieve-plate
View of Phloem Tissue 1000x
View of Longitudinal Sections
of Sieve-Tube
Xylem
Cross sections: View of Vascular
Bundle 100x
Longitudinal sections
View of three types of secondary wall thickenings
Protoxylem
- View of annular secondary wall thickenings
- View of helical secondary wall thickenings
Metaxylem
- View of pitted secondary wall thickenings