BIOL 206 Chapter Notes - Chapter 34: Meristem, Secondary Growth, Herbaceous Plant

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Growing plant: in most animals growth is determinate- it ceases when the adult state is reached, determinate growth is characteristic in some plant organs leaves flowers and fruits. The growth of shoots and roots though, is a lifelong process it is indeterminate: plant growth can be primary or secondary growth, primary growth is characterized by cell division followed by cell enlargement. It results in the proliferation and lengthening of shoots and roots. All seed plants have a primary plant body, which consists of all the nonwoody parts of the plant. Many herbaceous plants are all primary plant body: secondary growth increases plant thickness. Two lateral meristems, vascular cambium and cork cambium contribute to the secondary plant body: shoot meristems (also called vegetative meristems because they give rise to leaves stems and roots) supply the cells for new leaves and stems.

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