This page lists most of the images used in the course. They are presened in the approximate order that the are used in lecture. Although many of the images are included within the appropriate lecture outline, some are only listed here. Click the image name to see the image itself, usually along with a breif description.

The plant body

• Geranium plant shown main plant organs

Overview of plant tissues

• Development of primary tissues of stem
• Apium (celery) shoot apical meristem (SEM)
• Coleus stem tip, l.s.
• Helianthus (sunflower) stem x.s. showing three tissue systems
• Ranunculus (buttercup) root x.s.
• Ligustrum leaf, x.s.

Plant cells

• Fluid mosaic model of membrane
• Membranes (TEM, thin section)
• Membranes (TEM, freeze-fracture)
• Anabaena (prokaryotic cells)
• Bacterium cell
• Plant cell diagram
• Elodea leaf cells
• Red onion epidermis cells with vauolar pigment
• Tradescantia stamen hairs with vacuolar pigment
• Leaf cells (TEM)
• Leaf cell, higher magnification
• Nucleus and other organelles
• Nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum
• Rough ER
• Mitochondria
• Chloroplast
• Thylakoids
• Starch grains
• Starch grains, higher magnification
• Starch grains, iodine stained
• Starch grains, iodine stained, higher magnification
• Tannin cells
• Crystal shapes
• Prism crystals
• Styloid crystal
• Raphide crystals
• Druse crystal
• Lithocyst
• Crystal sand in polarized light

The cell wall

• Cell wall layers
• Stained cell walls showing middle lamella
• Plasmodesmata
• Primary pit field
• Secondary wall of fiber cells
• Simple pit pair
• Pit types
• Bordered pit pair
• Sclereids with branching pits
• Pinus wood radial section showing bordered pits
• Pinus wood tangential section showing bordered pits

Parenchyma

• Elodea leaf - chlorenchyma
• Helianthus stem x.s. - cortex and pith contain parenchyma
• Ranunculus root x.s. - cortex composed of storage parenchyma
• Ligustrum leaf x.s. - mesophyll contains chlorenchyma
• Elodea stem x.s. - aerenchyma
• Elodea stem x.s. - higher magnification
• Potemogeton stem x.s. - aerenchyma
• Diospyros endosperm - with thick-walled storage parenchyma
• Senecio with water-storing leaves
• Phormium leaf x.s. - water storage parenchyma

Collenchyma

• Celery petiole, x.s. - angular collenchyma
• Celery petiole, x.s. - collenchyma, higher power
• Zebrina stem x.s. - angular collenchyma
• Sambucus stem, x.s. - lamellar collenchyma
• Ipomoea stem, x.s. - lacunar collenchyma
• Lamium stem, x.s. - lamellar/lacunar collenchyma

Sclerenchyma

• Brachysclereids in Pyrus fruit x.s.
• Camellia sclereids
• Nymaphaea leaf, maceration - astrosclereids
• Phaseolus (bean) seed x.s. - layers of sclereids
• Helianthus stem, x.s. - phloem fibers in bundle cap
• Helianthus stem, l.s. - fibers in longitudinal view
• Cannabis stem, x.s. - fibers in phloem
• Cucurbita (squash) stem, x.s. - perivascular fibers
• Cucurbita stem, x,s. - perivascular fibers at higher magnification
• Poa (a grass) leaf, x.s. - fibers in bundle sheath
• Phormium leaf x.s. - fibers in viens
• Quercus wood, x.s. - xylem fibers
• Quercus (oak) wood, macerated - xylem fiber
• Vitis septate fibers

Epidermis

• Ranunculus root, x.s. showing epidermis
• Helianthus stem, x.s. showing epidermis
• Ligustrum leaf, x.s., epidermis on upper and lower surfaces
• Lilium epidermis surface view
• Phormium leaf, x.s., with thick cuticle
• Ficus leaf, x.s., multiple epidermis.
• Stoma seen in face view
• Stomatal complexes
• Pelargonium leaf epidermis with stomata and trichomes
• Elaeagnus leaf scales
• Elaeagnus leaf, x.s., with scale
• Root hairs on radish seedling

Vascular Tissues

• Helianthus (sunflower) stem x.s. showing vascular bundle
• Ranunculus (buttercup) root vascular cylinder x.s.
• Cucurbita (squash) stem l.s.
• Zea (corn) stem l.s.
• Quercus (oak) wood, macerated - vessel member
• Vitis (grape) stem, radial section - xylem and phloem
• Vitis stem, radial section - compound sieve plate at higher magnification

Apical meristem

• Apium (celery) apex SEM
• Coleus shoot apex, l.s.
• Zea root apex l.s.

Leaf

• Acer (maple) leaf x.s.

Secondary Growth

• Medicago (alfalfa) young stem x.s., cambium origin
• Medicago (alfalfa) older stem x.s.
• Pinus (pine) cambium tangential section
• Robinia cambium tangential section
• Tilia (basswood) cambium tangential section
• Sambucus (elderberry) stem x.s.
• Robinia stem x.s.
• Fraxinus stem x.s.
• Pinus (pine) secondary xylem CRT
• Pinus face view of bordered pits
• Pinus side view of bordered pits
• Quercus (oak) secondary xylem CRT
• Quercus wood cross section showing fibers
• Sambucus (elderberry) stem x.s., showing lenticel

Flower

• Altneration of generations
• Homosporous life cycle
• Life cycle of a fern
• Heterosporous life cycle
• Life cycle of an angiosperm
• Basic structure of the flower

• Dicot flowers

  • Flower being pollinated
  • Magnolia
  • Magnolia fruit
  • Nymphaea (Water Lily)
  • Oxalis violacea (Wood Sorrel)
  • Oenothera speciosa (Evening Primrose)
  • Rhododendron
  • Monarda punctata
  • Ipomoea cordatotriloba (Morning Glory)
  • Phlox
  • Vaccinium arboreum(Sparkleberry)
  • Begonia
  • Carya(Hickory)

• Monocot flowers

  • Crocus
  • Tradescantia (Spiderwort)
  • Lilium carniolicum (Lily)
  • Iris
  • Andropogon(a grass)
  • Triticum(Wheat)
  • Zea(Corn)
  • Orchid

Pollen (male gametophyte) development in Lilium (lily)

• Anther x.s. with microsporangia
• Microsporangium with microspore mother cells
• Microsporangium with microspore tetrads
• Microspore tetrads, higher magnification
• Microsporangium with one-celled microspores
• Microsporangium with pollen grains
• Pollen grains, higher magnification
• Mature anther, x.s.

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