Support in

plants
Azneezal Ar-Rashid
Smk Sri Aman
95007 Sri Aman, Sarawak

February 2010
• Submerged plants :
Hydrilla sp
– Leaves : thin, narrow &
flexible
– Resistance to water flow
– Stems : no woody tissues
• Floating plants :Hyacinth
– Leaves : broad, firm, flexible
– Resistant to wave action
– Have aerenchyma tissue
(stems & leaves)
• Spongy tissues
• Large air spaces
• Provide buoyancy
• Terrestrial plants :
herbaceous plant
– Turgidity
• Parenchyma cells
• Collenchyma cells
– Cell walls with cellulose
and pectin
• Thicker
– Mechanical strength
• Woody plants
– Provided by :
• Sclerenchyma tissue
– Fibres
» In vascular tissue
– Sclereids
» In fruits and seeds
• Xylem tissue
– Wood