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Chapter 35
Plant Structure, Growth, and

Development
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Neil Campbell and Jane Reece
Lectures by Chris Romero, updated by Erin Barley with contributions from Joan Sharp
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Overview: Plastic Plants?
• The fanwort plant exhibits developmental plasticity,

the ability to alter itself in response to its environment.
• Developmental plasticity is more marked in plants than
in animals.
• In addition to plasticity, plant species have by natural
selection accumulated characteristics of morphology
= form that vary little within the species.

The fanwort has two types of leaves -- developmental plasticity
Concept 35.1: The plant body has a hierarchy of
organs, tissues, and cells
• Like multicellular animals, plants have organs
composed of different tissues, which in turn are
composed of cells.
• Three basic organs evolved: roots, stems, and leaves.
• They are organized into a root system and a shoot
system:
• Roots rely on sugar produced by photosynthesis in the
shoot system.
• Shoots rely on water and minerals absorbed by the
root system.

Flowering Reproductive shoot (flower)
Plant Apical bud
Morphology Node
Internode
Apical
bud
Shoot
Vegetative system
shoot
Blade
Leaf
Petiole
Axillary
bud
Stem
Taproot
Lateral
branch
Root
roots system
The Three Basic Plant Organs: Roots, Stems, and
Leaves
• Roots are multicellular organs with important
functions:
– Anchoring the plant
– Absorbing minerals and water
– Storing organic nutrients

• A taproot system consists of one main vertical root
that gives rise to some large lateral roots, or branch
roots.
• Adventitious roots arise from stems or leaves.
• Seedless vascular plants and monocots have a fibrous
root system characterized by many thin lateral roots
with no main root.
• In most plants, absorption of water and minerals
occurs near the root hairs, where vast numbers of
tiny root hairs increase the surface area.

Root Hairs of a
radish seedling
Many
plants Prop roots
have
modified
roots
“Strangling”
aerial roots
Storage roots
Buttress roots
Pneumatophores
Modified roots
Prop roots - support tall top heavy plants

Modified
Roots
Pneumatophores - “air roots” enable root systems to capture oxygen

Modified Roots
Buttress roots - support tall trunks of some tropical trees “like butresses.”
Stems = organs consisting of nodes & internodes
Nodes, the points at which leaves are attached.

Internodes, the stem segments between nodes.
• An axillary bud is a structure that has the
potential to form a lateral shoot, or branch.
• Apical bud, or terminal bud, is located near
the shoot tip and causes elongation of a young
shoot.
• Apical dominance helps to maintain
dormancy in most nonapical buds.

Rhizomes
Many Plants
have Modified
Stems
Bulbs
Storage leaves
Stem
Stolons
Stolon
Tubers
Leaves = the main photosynthetic organs
Leaves generally consist of a flattened blade and
a stalk called the petiole, which joins the leaf
to a node of the stem.
• Monocots and eudicots differ in the
arrangement of veins, the vascular tissue of
leaves:
– Most monocots have parallel veins.
– Most eudicots have branching veins.

Simple
vs.
Compound (a) Simple leaf
Leaves
Petiole
Axillary bud
Leaflet
(b) Compound
leaf
Petiole
Axillary bud
(c) Doubly
compound Leaflet
leaf
Petiole
Axillary bud
• Some plant species have evolved modified
leaves that serve various functions

Some plant Tendrils
cling
species have
evolved
modified
leaves that
serve various
functions Spines “prickly” Photosynthesis is
carried out mainly by the fleshy stems
Storage Leaves succulent

plant leaves store water
Reproductive leaves
Little plantlets fall off
and take root in the soil
Bracts
Look like petals
Attract pollinators
Tendrils = Modified Leaves
Tendrils -- cling --> thigmotropism

Ice Plant Leaves Store Water: Succulent Plants: Desert Adaptation
Storage leaves
Tissue System:
Each plant organ
has:
* dermal
* vascular and
* ground tissues
Dermal
tissue
Ground
tissue Vascular
tissue
• In nonwoody plants, the dermal tissue system
consists of the epidermis.
• A waxy coating called the cuticle helps prevent
water loss from the epidermis.
• In woody plants, protective tissues called
periderm replace the epidermis in older
regions of stems and roots.
• Trichomes are outgrowths of the shoot
epidermis and can help with insect defense.
• The vascular tissue system carries out long-
distance transport of materials between roots
and shoots.
• Xylem conveys water and dissolved minerals
upward from roots into the shoots.
• Phloem transports organic nutrients from
where they are made to where they are
needed.

• Tissues that are neither dermal nor vascular
are the ground tissue system.
• Ground tissue internal to the vascular tissue is
pith; ground tissue external to the vascular
tissue is cortex. Both have plastids for
storage.
• Ground tissue includes cells specialized for
storage, photosynthesis, and support.

Common Types of Plant Cells - are specialized of
cells in structure and function.
• Some major types of plant cells:
– Parenchyma - ground: thin flexible cell walls:
photosynthesis, storage.
– Collenchyma - ground: thicker cell walls for
flexible support.
– Sclerenchyma - ground: thick secondary cell
walls reinforced with lignin for rigid, sturdy
support.
– Xylem - vascular: water-conducting cells.
– Phloem - vascular: sugar-conducting cells.
Parenchyma cells in Elodea leaf,
with chloroplasts (LM) 60 µm
Sclerenchyma Cells
• Sclerenchyma cells are rigid because of thick

secondary walls strengthened with lignin.
• They are dead at functional maturity.
• There are two types:
– Sclereids are short and irregular in shape and
have thick lignified secondary walls.
– Fibers are long and slender and arranged in
threads.

Fig. 35-10c
5 µm
Sclereid cells in pear (LM)
25 µm
Cell wall
Fiber cells (cross section from ash tree) (LM)

Differentiated Plant Cells in the Xylem - Dead at Maturity
Vessel Tracheids 100 µm
Pits
Tracheids and vessels

(colorized SEM)
Perforation
plate
Vessel
element
Vessel elements, with
perforated end walls Tracheids
Water-Conducting Cells of the Xylem
The two types of water-conducting cells,

tracheids and vessel elements, are dead at
maturity
• Tracheids are found in the xylem of all
vascular plants.
• Vessel elements are common to most
angiosperms and a few gymnosperms.
• Vessel elements align end to end to form long
micropipes called vessels.
Differentiated Sieve-tube elements:
Plant Cells 3 µm longitudinal view (LM)
Sieve plate
Sieve-tube element (left) Companion
and companion cell: cells
cross section (TEM)
Sieve-tube
elements
Plasmodesma
Sieve
plate 30 µm
10 µm
Nucleus of
companion
cells
Sieve-tube elements:
longitudinal view Sieve plate with pores (SEM)
Sugar-Conducting Cells of the Phloem
• Sieve-tube elements are alive at functional

maturity, though they lack organelles.
• Sieve plates are the porous end walls that
allow fluid to flow between cells along the sieve
tube.
• Each sieve-tube element has a companion
cell whose nucleus and ribosomes serve both
cells.

longitudinal view (LM)
Sieve plate
Companion
cells
Sieve-tube
elements
30 µm
Sieve-tube
element
Plasmodesma
Sieve
plate
10 µm
Nucleus of
companion
cells
longitudinal view Sieve plate with pores (SEM)
Concept 35.2: Meristems generate cells for new
organs
• A plant can grow throughout its life; this is
called indeterminate growth.
• Some plant organs cease to grow at a certain
size; this is called determinate growth.
• Annuals complete their life cycle in a year or
less.
• Biennials require two growing seasons.
• Perennials live for many years.

• Meristems are growth regions - have perpetual
embryonic tissue that allows for indeterminate
growth.
• Apical meristems are located at the tips of
roots and shoots and at the axillary buds of
shoots.
• Apical meristems elongate shoots and roots, a
process called primary growth.

• Lateral meristems add thickness to woody
plants, a process called secondary growth.
• There are two lateral meristems: the vascular
cambium and the cork cambium.
• The vascular cambium adds layers of
vascular tissue called secondary xylem = wood
and secondary phloem.
• The cork cambium replaces the epidermis
with periderm, which is thicker and tougher.
An overview of primary and secondary growth
Primary growth in stems

Epidermis
Cortex
Shoot tip (shoot Primary phloem
apical meristem
and young leaves) Primary xylem
Pith
Lateral meristems:
Vascular cambium Secondary growth in stems
Cork cambium
Axillary bud Periderm
meristem Cork
cambium
Cortex
Pith Primary
phloem
Primary
Root apical xylem Secondary
meristems Secondary phloem
xylem
Vascular cambium
Primary Growth - Lengthens Roots and Shoots
• The root tip is covered by a root cap, which

protects the apical meristem as the root pushes
through soil.
• Growth occurs just behind the root tip, in three
zones of cells:
– Zone of cell division
– Zone of elongation
– Zone of maturation - differentiation.

Primary growth Cortex Vascular cylinder
of a root Epidermis
Key
to labels
Zone of
Root hair differentiation
Dermal
Ground
Vascular
Zone of
elongation
Apical
meristem Zone of cell
division
Root cap
100 µm
• The primary growth of roots produces the
epidermis, ground tissue, and vascular tissue.
• In most roots, the stele is a vascular cylinder.
• The ground tissue fills the cortex, the region
between the vascular cylinder and epidermis.
• The innermost layer of the cortex is called the
endodermis.

Epidermis
Cortex
Endodermis
Vascular
cylinder
Pericycle
Core of
parenchyma
cells
Xylem
100 µm
Phloem
(a) Root with xylem and phloem in the center 100 µm
(typical of eudicots)
(b) Root with parenchyma in the center (typical of
monocots)
Endodermis Key
to labels
Pericycle
Dermal
Ground
Vascular
Xylem
Phloem
Organization of primary tissues

in young roots
50 µm
Lateral roots arise from within the pericycle, the
outermost cell layer in the vascular cylinder
100 µm Epidermis
Emerging
lateral Lateral root
root
Cortex
1 Vascular 2 3
cylinder
Primary Growth of Shoots - Apical Meristems
• A shoot apical meristem is a dome-shaped

mass of dividing cells at the shoot tip.
• Axillary buds develop from meristematic cells
left at the bases of leaf primordia.
• Lateral shoots develop from axillary buds on
the stem’s surface.
• In most eudicots, the vascular tissue consists
of vascular bundles that are arranged in a ring.

Shoot Shoot apical meristem Leaf primordia
tip
Young
leaf
Developing
vascular
strand
Axillary bud
meristems
0.25 mm
Organization of primary tissues in young stems
Phloem Xylem
Sclerenchyma Ground
Ground tissue
(fiber cells) tissue
connecting
pith to cortex
Pith Epidermis
Key
to labels
Epidermis Cortex Vascular

Dermal bundles
Vascular
bundle Ground
1 mm Vascular 1 mm
(a) Cross section of stem with vascular bundles forming (b) Cross section of stem with scattered vascular bundles
a ring (typical of eudicots) (typical of monocots)
• In most monocot stems, the vascular bundles
are scattered throughout the ground tissue,
rather than forming a ring.

Tissue Organization of Leaves
• The epidermis in leaves is interrupted by

stomata, which allow CO2 exchange between
the air and the photosynthetic cells in a leaf.
• Each stomatal pore is flanked by two guard
cells, which regulate its opening and closing.
• The ground tissue in a leaf, called mesophyll,
is sandwiched between the upper and lower
epidermis.

• Below the palisade mesophyll in the upper part
of the leaf is loosely arranged spongy
mesophyll, where gas exchange occurs.
• The vascular tissue of each leaf is continuous
with the vascular tissue of the stem.
• Veins are the leaf’s vascular bundles and
function as the leaf’s skeleton.
• Each vein in a leaf is enclosed by a protective
bundle sheath.

Leaf anatomy
Guard
cells
Key
to labels
Stomatal
50 µm
pore
Dermal
Epidermal
Ground
Cuticle Sclerenchyma cell
Vascular fibers
Stoma (b) Surface view of a spiderwort
(Tradescantia) leaf (LM)
Upper
epidermis
Palisade
mesophyll
Bundle- Spongy
sheath mesophyll
cell
100 µm
Lower
epidermis
Cuticle
Xylem
Phloem Vein
Guard Vein Air spaces Guard cells
(a) Cutaway drawing of leaf tissues cells (c) Cross section of a lilac
(Syringa)) leaf (LM)
The Vascular Cambium and Secondary Vascular
Tissue
• The vascular cambium is a cylinder of
meristematic cells one cell layer thick.
• It develops from undifferentiated parenchyma
cells.
• In cross section, the vascular cambium
appears as a ring of initials.
• The initials increase the vascular cambium’s
circumference and add secondary xylem to the
inside and secondary phloem to the outside.

Secondary growth produced by the vascular cambium
Vascular cambium Growth

Vascular
X X C P P
cambium
Secondary
Secondary
X X C P phloem
xylem
X C P
C X C
C
After one year After two years
C of growth of growth
• Tree rings are visible where late and early wood meet,
and can be used to estimate a tree’s age.
• Dendrochronology is the analysis of tree ring growth
patterns, and can be used to study past climate
change.
• As a tree or woody shrub ages, the older layers of
secondary xylem, the heartwood, no longer transport
water and minerals.
• The outer layers, known as sapwood, still transport
materials through the xylem.
• Older secondary phloem sloughs off and does not
accumulate.
Using dendrochronology to study climate
RESULTS
2
Ring-width
1.5
indexes
1
0.5
0
1600 1700 1800 1900 2000
Year
Anatomy of a tree trunk
Growth
ring
Vascular
ray
Heartwood
Secondary
xylem Sapwood
Vascular cambium
Secondary phloem
Bark
Layers of periderm
Is this tree
living or
dead?
The Cork Cambium and the Production of
Periderm
• The cork cambium gives rise to the secondary
plant body’s protective covering, or periderm.
• Periderm consists of the cork cambium plus the
layers of cork cells it produces.
• Bark consists of all the tissues external to the
vascular cambium, including secondary phloem
and periderm.
• Lenticels in the periderm allow for gas
exchange between living stem or root cells and
the outside air.
Concept 35.5: Growth, morphogenesis, and
differentiation produce the plant body
• Morphogenesis is the development of body
form and organization.
• The three developmental processes of growth,
morphogenesis, and cellular differentiation act
in concert to transform the fertilized egg into a
plant.

Growth: Cell Division and Cell Expansion
• By increasing cell number, cell division in

meristems increases the potential for growth.
• Cell expansion accounts for the actual increase
in plant size.

The plane and symmetry of cell division influence development of form
Plane of
cell division
(a) Planes of cell division
Developing
guard cells
Unspecialized Guard cell

epidermal cell “mother cell”
(b) Asymmetrical cell division

Orientation of Cell Expansion
• Plant cells grow rapidly and “cheaply” by intake

and storage of water in vacuoles.
• Plant cells expand primarily along the plant’s
main axis.
• Cellulose microfibrils in the cell wall restrict the
direction of cell elongation.

The plane and symmetry of cell division
influence development of form
Cellulose
microfibrils
Nucleus Vacuoles 5 µm
Morphogenesis and Pattern Formation
• Pattern formation is the development of

specific structures in specific locations.
• It is determined by positional information in
the form of signals indicating to each cell its
location.
• Positional information may be provided by
gradients of molecules.
• Polarity, having structural or chemical
differences at opposite ends of an organism,
provides one type of positional information.
Morphogenesis in plants, as in other multicellular
organisms, is often controlled by homeotic genes
Gene Expression and Control of Cellular
Differentiation
• In cellular differentiation, cells of a developing
organism synthesize different proteins and
diverge in structure and function even though
they have a common genome.
• Cellular differentiation to a large extent
depends on positional information and is
affected by homeotic genes.

Location and a Cell’s Developmental Fate
• Positional information underlies all the

processes of development: growth,
morphogenesis, and differentiation.
• Cells are not dedicated early to forming specific
tissues and organs.
• The cell’s final position determines what kind of
cell it will become.

Phase
change in
the shoot
system
Leaves produced
by adult phase
of apical meristem
Leaves produced
by juvenile phase
of apical meristem
Genetic Control of Flowering
• Flower formation involves a phase change from

vegetative growth to reproductive growth.
• It is triggered by a combination of
environmental cues and internal signals.
• Transition from vegetative growth to flowering
is associated with the switching on of floral
meristem identity genes.

• Plant biologists have identified several organ
identity genes = plant homeotic genes.
These genes regulate the development of floral
pattern.
• A mutation in a plant organ identity gene can
cause abnormal floral development.

Pe
Ca
St
Se
Pe
Se
(a) Normal Arabidopsis flower Pe
Pe
Organ identity genes and
pattern formation in
flower development Se
(b) Abnormal Arabidopsis flower

• Researchers have identified three classes of
floral organ identity genes.
• The ABC model of flower formation identifies
how floral organ identity genes direct the
formation of the four types of floral organs.
• An understanding of mutants of the organ
identity genes depicts how this model accounts
for floral phenotypes.

Sepals
The ABC
Petals hypothesis for the
Stamens
functioning of
A Carpels (a) A schematic diagram of the ABC hypothesis
B
C
organ identity
genes in flower
C gene
development
activity
B+C Carpel
A+B gene
gene activity
activity
Petal
A gene
activity
Stamen
Sepal
Active B B B B B B B B A A A A
genes: A A C C CC AA C C C C C C C C A A C CCC A A A B B A A B B A
Whorls:
Carpel
Stamen Petal
Sepal
Wild type Mutant lacking A Mutant lacking B Mutant lacking C
(b) Side view of flowers with organ identity mutations

Growth
Shoot tip regions
(shoot apical
meristem and
young leaves)
Vascular
cambium Lateral
Cork meristems
Axillary bud cambium
meristem
Root apical
meristems
You should now be able to:
1. Compare the following structures or cells:

– Fibrous roots, taproots, root hairs,
adventitious roots
– Dermal, vascular, and ground tissues
– Monocot leaves and eudicot leaves
– Parenchyma, collenchyma, sclerenchyma,
water-conducting cells of the xylem, and
sugar-conducting cells of the phloem
– Sieve-tube element and companion cell.
2. Explain the phenomenon of apical dominance.
3. Distinguish between determinate and
indeterminate growth.
4. Describe in detail the primary and secondary
growth of the tissues of roots and shoots.
5. Describe the composition of wood and bark.

6. Distinguish between morphogenesis,
differentiation, and growth.
7. Explain how a vegetative shoot tip changes
into a floral meristem.

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Chapter 35

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• The fanwort plant exhibits developmental plasticity,

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Prop roots - support tall top heavy plants

Pneumatophores - “air roots” enable root systems to capture oxygen

Nodes, the points at which leaves are attached.

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Storage Leaves succulent

Tendrils -- cling --> thigmotropism

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• Sclerenchyma cells are rigid because of thick

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Sclereid cells in pear (LM)

Fiber cells (cross section from ash tree) (LM)

Vessel Tracheids 100 µm

Tracheids and vessels

The two types of water-conducting cells,

• Sieve-tube elements are alive at functional

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Primary growth in stems

• The root tip is covered by a root cap, which

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Organization of primary tissues

• A shoot apical meristem is a dome-shaped

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Epidermis Cortex Vascular

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• The epidermis in leaves is interrupted by

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Vascular cambium Growth

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• By increasing cell number, cell division in

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(a) Planes of cell division

Unspecialized Guard cell

(b) Asymmetrical cell division

• Plant cells grow rapidly and “cheaply” by intake

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• Pattern formation is the development of

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• Positional information underlies all the

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• Flower formation involves a phase change from

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(a) Normal Arabidopsis flower Pe