An introduction to plant structure and development : plant anatomy for the twenty-first century
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press ,
c2010
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- 1.Problems of adaptation to a terrestrial environment
- 2. An overview of plant structure and development
- 3. The protoplast of the eukaryotic cell
- 4. Structure and development of the cell wall
- 5. Meristems of the shoot and their role in plant growth and development
- 6. Morphology and development of the primary vascular system of the stem
- 7. Sympodial systems and pattern of nodal anatomy
- 8. The epidermis
- 9. The origin of secondary tissue systems and the effect of their formation on the primary body in seed plants
- 10. The vascular cambium : structure and function
- 11. Secondary xylem
- 12. The phloem
- 13. Periderm, rhytidome, and the nature of bark
- 14. Unusual features of structure and development in stem and roots
- 15. Secretion in plants
- 16. The root
- 17. The leaf
- 18. Reproduction and the origin of the sporophyte