Plant kingdom

The anatomy of an isobilateral leaf or monocotyledonous leaf is similar to that of the dorsiventral leaf in many ways. It is made up of…

The vertical section of a dorsiventral or dicotyledonous leaf through the lamina shows three main parts, namely; epidermis, mesophyll and vascular system. The epidermis which…

Monocotyledonous Stem is the monocot stem has a sclerenchymatous hypodennis. a large number of scattered vascular bundles, each surrounded by a sclerenchymatous bundle sheath and…

Dicotyledonous Stem is the transverse section of a typical young dicotyledonous stein shows that the epidermis is the outermost protective layer of the stem (Figure).…

The anatomy of the monocot root or monocotyledonous root is similar to the dicot root in many respects (Figure). Monocotyledonous Root has epidermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle,…

Here shown Dicotyledonous Root in Figure, it shows the transverse section of the sunflower root. The internal tissue organization is as follows: The outermost layer is…

The vascular tissue system consists of complex tissues, the phloem and the xylem. The xylem and phloem together constitute vascular bundles (Figure). In dicotyledonous stems,…

All tissues except epidermis and vascular bundles constitute the ground tissue. It consists of simple tissues such as parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma. Parenchymatous cells are…

The epidermal tissue system forms the outer most covering of the whole plant body and comprises epidermal cells, stomata and the epidermal appendages the trichomes…

The complex tissues are made of more than one type of cells and these works together as a unit. Xylem and phloem constitute the complex…