BASIC BOTANICAL

TISSUES
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Basic Plant Types

Dicots: Continuous inner cortical vascular

bundle: woody and herbaceous types

Monocots: Individual vascular bundles:

predominantly herbaceous

Gymnosperms: Conifers and Gingkoes

Others: Ferns & their allies , mosses,

liverworts, hornworts

Basic Structural Tissue Types

Parenchyma: Water/food storage

Sclerenchyma: Internal structural support

Collenchyma: Cortical structural support

Epidermis & Phelloderm: External surface

Basic Vascular Tissue

Types

Xylem:

Water transport

Phloem: Nutrient transport

Vascular Bundles: Water and nutrient

transport (Xylem +Phloem)

Basic
DifferentiatingTissues

Vascular Cambium: Differentiates into

xylem and phloem

Cork Cambium: Differentiates into cork

Meristematic Tissues: Differentiates into

all botanical tissues

Epidermis

Trichomes

Collenchyma

Parenchyma

Sclerenchyma

Vascular Bundle Monocot

Xylem
Phloem
Sclerenchy
ma

Vascular Bundle Herbaceous

Dicot

Vascular Bundle Herbaceous

Dicot
Xylem
Phloem
Sclerenchy
ma

Vascular Tissue Woody

Dicot

Xylem Woody Dicot

Resin
duct

Xylem
Ray

Vessel Elements &*

Tracheids

Phloem Woody Dicot

Cortex Layer Woody Dicot

Phelloder
m

Pith (Parenchyma) Woody Dicot

Leaf Dicot
Epidermis
Palisade
Parenchyma

Guard
cells
Vascular
Bundle

Spongy Mesophyll

Cuticle

Monocot Leaf
Epidermis
Cells

Spongy Mesophyll

Guard

Vascular Bundle
with Bundle
Sheath cells

Pine Leaf
Sunken
Stomata
Epidermis
Mesophyll

Vascular
Bundle
Transfusion
tissue
Endodermis

Meristematic Tissue

Vascular Cambium

Phloem

Xylem

Vascular Cambium

Cork Cambium
Phelloder
m