Developmental Plant Anatomy

Review of root; stem and leaf initiations in plants.

Review of root; stem and leaf initiations in plants; Studies on the epidermal tissue system; their functions and distribution - stomata; cuticle; trichomes; epiblems; piliferous layer; The ground or fundamental tissue systems; their function and distribution - cortex; endodermis; pericycle; pith and pith rays (parenchyma; collenchyma and sclerenchyma); The vascular tissue system: elements of vascular bundles - xylem: protoxylem and metaxylem; phloem - protophloem and metaphloem; Cambium: types of vascular bundles; A comprehensive knowledge of leaves - leaf epidermis; mesophyll palisade parenchyma; spongy parenchyma and vascular bundles of gymnosperms and angiosperms