Epidermis (botany)
Epidermis (botany) The epidermis (pluralized either epidermises or sometimes epidermes) is ... the plant and the external world. The epidermis serves several functions: protection against water loss ... in some species) absorption of water. The epidermis of most leaves shows dorsoventral anatomy: ...
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Spine (botany)
Spine (botany) Raised thorns on the stem of the ... prickle – a sharp outgrowth from the epidermis, also called an emergence and usually involving ... thorns since their prickles emerge from the epidermis rather that the pericycle. Growth from the ...
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Cortex (botany)
Cortex (botany) In botany the cortex is the outer portion of ... plant, bounded on the outside by the epidermis and on the inside by the pericycle ...
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Leaf
... See Leaf (disambiguation) for other meanings. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant ... typically consisting of the following tissues: An epidermis that covers the upper and lower surfaces ... An arrangement of veins (the vascular tissue). Epidermis The epidermis is the outer multi-layered group of ... the plant and the external world. The epidermis serves several functions: protection against water ...
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Category:Plant anatomy
... anatomy Plant anatomy is that field in botany that needs to cut into plants to ... C Carpel Cork (tissue) Cork cambium Cortex (botany) D Dorsiventral E Elater Endothecium Epidermis (botany) F Fibrous root system G Gametophyte Ground ... Haustorium Hypocotyl I Indumentum I cont. Internode (botany) L Leaf M Macrosporangia Meristem Microsporangia ...
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Stoma
... SEM photo of stomata, 350x, colorized In botany, a stoma (also stomate; plural stomata) is ... usually have more stomata on the lower epidermis than the upper epidermis. As these leaves are held horizontally, upper epidermis is directly illuminated. Locating fewer stomata on the upper epidermis can then prevent excess water loss. ...
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Needle   (translated from Chinese)
Needle NeedleYes gymnosperm common leaf contour. E epidermis Sk sclerenchyma S guard-cell H resin channel En inner epidermis A mesophyll cell X xylem P bast ... section structure Needle most outer layer for epidermis (Epidermis), but inside follows closely has a subcutaneous ... has the very thick cuticle. On the epidermis has the sparse blowhole, moreover the ...
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Root
... outside surface of a root is the epidermis. Recently produced epidermal cells absorb water from ... the root of a dicotyledon Beneath the epidermis is the cortex, which comprises the bulk ... tissues beyond the secondary phloem (including the epidermis and cortex, in many cases) tend to ... origins and biogeochemical significance. Journal of Experimental Botany 52 (Suppl 1): 381-401. (Available online ... 44 (2): 424. External links Introduction to Botany - University of Arkansas
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List of biology topics
... blastula - blood - blood cell - blood count - bone - botany - bryophyte C C3 carbon fixation - C4 photosynthesis ... effect - enhancer - entomology - environment - environmental heterogeneity - enzyme - epidermis - epidermis (botany) - epigenetics - equilibrium - Ernst Haeckel - ethanol - eubacteria - eugenics ...
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Orchidaceae
... Aristotle and is considered the father of botany and ecology. All orchid species are protected ... the older parts of the root, an epidermis modified into a spongy, water-absorbing velamen ... brown appearance. The cells of the root epidermis grow at a right angle to the ... of superlatives. Even a complete layman in botany is awed by the beauty of orchids ...
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