ANATOMY OF
FLOWERING PLANTS
, INTRODUCTION
• BRANCH OF BOTANY THAT DEALS WITH STUDY OF INTERNAL
STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATION OF PLANTS IS CALLED PLANT
ANATOMY .
• TISSUE IS GROUP OF CELLS SIMILAR IN ORIGIN, STRUCTURE AND
FUNCTION.
• THE TERM TISSUE WAS COINED BY N. GREW, HE IS KNOWN AS
“FATHER OF PLANT ANATOMY” .
• A TISSUE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF ONE OR MORE KINDS OF TISSUES ,
WHICH WORK TOGETHER AS A UNIT, AND ARE ADAPTED TO CARRY
OUT A COMMOM FUNCTION . SACHS (1875) CLASSIFIED TISSUE
SYSTEM INTO THREE PARTS –
• A) EPIDERMAL TISSUE SYSTEM
• B) VASCULAR TISSUE SYSTEM
• C) GROUND OR FUNDAMENTAL TISSUE SYSTEM
,
FLOWERING PLANTS
, INTRODUCTION
• BRANCH OF BOTANY THAT DEALS WITH STUDY OF INTERNAL
STRUCTURES AND ORGANIZATION OF PLANTS IS CALLED PLANT
ANATOMY .
• TISSUE IS GROUP OF CELLS SIMILAR IN ORIGIN, STRUCTURE AND
FUNCTION.
• THE TERM TISSUE WAS COINED BY N. GREW, HE IS KNOWN AS
“FATHER OF PLANT ANATOMY” .
• A TISSUE SYSTEM CONSISTS OF ONE OR MORE KINDS OF TISSUES ,
WHICH WORK TOGETHER AS A UNIT, AND ARE ADAPTED TO CARRY
OUT A COMMOM FUNCTION . SACHS (1875) CLASSIFIED TISSUE
SYSTEM INTO THREE PARTS –
• A) EPIDERMAL TISSUE SYSTEM
• B) VASCULAR TISSUE SYSTEM
• C) GROUND OR FUNDAMENTAL TISSUE SYSTEM
,
