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

• Stone Cells of Pear
• 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