Form Plant and Function and Reproduction
Chapter 17 and 18 Organization of a Vascular Plant
All parts have outer covering of protective tissue and inner matrix of tissue with embedded vascular tissue that conducts water, nutrients, and food. Organized along vertical axis - Root - Shoot Stem Leaves
Organization of a Vascular Plant Meristems - Growth zones of unspecialized cells whose main function is to divide. Primary growth initiated at tips of apical meristems. Secondary growth involves activity of lateral meristems. Plant Body Plant Tissue Types Ground Tissue - contains vascular tissue. Dermal Tissue - outer protective covering. Vascular Tissue - conducts water and dissolved materials. Ground Tissue Parenchyma cells Alive at maturity with functional cytoplasm and a nucleus. Collenchyma cells Living at maturity and form continuous cylinders beneath epidermis. Ground Tissue Sclerenchyma cells Tough, thick cell walls, and do not contain living cytoplasm when mature.
Dermal Tissue Often covered with waxy cuticle. Guard Cells - Paired cells with openings (stomata) beneath. Root Hairs - Tubular extensions of single epidermal cells that keep root in intimate contact with soil particles. Vascular Tissue Xylem - Principle water-conducting tissue. Tracheids Vessel Members Vascular Tissue Phloem - Principle nutrient-conducting tissue. Sieve Cells Sieve-Tube Members - Sieve Tubes - Companion Cells Leaves Mesophyll: Palisade Spongy Stems Primary Growth Primary growth of shoot, leaves cluster around apical meristem unfolding and growing as stem elongates. - Bud develops in axil of each leaf. Hormone moving downward from the terminal bud continuously suppresses lateral bud expansion.
Stems: vascular tissue
Stems
Primary Growth Strands of vascular tissue are arranged around outside of stem, common in dicots, or scattered throughout, common in monocots. - Pith - Cortex
Stems
Secondary Growth Initiated by differentiation of vascular cambium. - Thin cylinder of actively dividing cells located between bark and main woody stems in plants. Cork Cambium develops in stems outer layers. - Cork cells Vascular Cambium Root Structure Essential Plant Nutrients Nitrogen - Proteins and nucleic acids. Potassium - Regulate turgor pressure. Calcium - Component of middle lamellae. Magnesium - Part of chlorophyll molecule. Phosphorus - Nucleic Acids and ATP. Sulfur Key - component of Cysteine. Seedless Vascular Plants Most abundant of the four phyla of seedless vascular plants contain ferns with about 12,000 living species. Have both gametophyte and sporophyte individuals, each independent and self-sufficient. - Gametophyte produces eggs and sperm. - Sporophyte bears and releases hapolid spores. Seed Plants
Seed - Embryo cover that offers protection of embryonic plant at its most vulnerable stage. Male and Female gametophytes - Male - microgametophytes (pollen grains) arise from microspores. - Female - megametophytes contain eggs and develop from megaspores produced within ovule. Pollination - transfer of pollen.
Seed Plants Five living phyla of seed plants: Four are gymnosperms - ovules not completely enclosed by sporophyte tissue at time of pollination. Fifth is angiosperms - ovules completely enclosed by vessel of sporophyte tissue (carpel) at time of pollination.
Seed Structure Seed Plants Adaptive value of seeds: Dispersal - Facilitate migration and dispersal Dormancy - Wait for favorable conditions Germination - Synchronization with environment Nourishment - Energy source for young plants Gymnosperm Phyla Coniferophyta (Conifers) Trees that produce seeds in cones. - Most familiar of four gymnosperm phyla. - Seeds develop on scales within cones and are exposed at time of pollination. Cycadophyta (Cycads) Ginkgophyta (Ginkos) Gnetophyta (Gneetophytes) Rise of Angios...