BIO203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aerenchyma, Aquatic Plant, Cactus

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Cells are organized in tissues which are grouped in tissue systems. There are three tissue systems, similar throughout stems, roots & leaves these develop and differentiate from meristems. Photosynthesis (chlorenchyma; e. g. , in leaves: storage (e. g. , of starches in fruits), have large vacuoles to store, water-storage (aquiferous parenchyma; e. g. , in. Cactaceae: buoyancy (aerenchyma; e. g. , in hydrophytes, secretion (e. g. , epithelial parenchyma) Most common type of tissue in plants. Cells are alive at maturity, so contain nuclei, vacuoles, cytoplasm etc. Only have thin primary cell walls rich in pectin. Example: chlorenchyma cells contain lots of chloroplasts, make up leaf mesophyll collenchyma. Have thickened cell walls (often unevenly thickened) unlignified, pectin rich. Also have cells that are alive at maturity. Often found directly beneath the epidermis primary cells walls only and absence of lignin in cell walls. Prevalent in young, growing tissue and in herbs absent in older, more rigid tissue.

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