Vegetative parts of flowering plants

Cards (31)

  • Root Cap - Parenchymatous, protective apex of root.
  • Root Hair - Lateral, absorbing outgrowth of the epidermal cell.
  • Secondary Root - Lateral root with root cap and hairs, derived from the pericycle.
  • Bud - Immature vegetative or floral shoot or both, often covered by scales.
  • Flower - Reproductive structure of flowering plants 
  • Fruit - Matured ovary of flowering plants
  • Leaf - A photosynthetic and transpiring organ
  • Root - An absorbing and anchoring organ
  • Seed - Matured ovule of seed plants
  • Stem - A supporting and conducting organ usually developed initially from the epicotyl and
    growing upward
  • Bark - Tissues of plant outside wood or xylem.
  • Pith - Centermost tissue of stem, usually soft.
  • Wood - Xylem consisting of vessels and/or tracheids, fibers, and parenchyma cells
  • Bud Primordium - Meristematic tissue that gives rise to a lateral bud.
  • Flower Primordium - Meristematic tissue that gives rise to a flower.
  • Leaf Primordium - Meristematic tissue that gives rise to a leaf.
  • Promeristem - Apical growing or meristematic tissue that gives rise to other bud parts.
  • Scale - Protective leaf on outside of bud.
  • Blade - Flat, expanded portion of leaf.
  • Leaflet - A distinct and separate segment of a leaf.
  • Ligule - An outgrowth or projection from the top of the sheath, as in the Poaceae.
  • Midrib - The central conducting and supporting structure of the blade of a simple leaf.
  • Midvein - The central conducting and supporting structure of the blade of a leaflet
  • Petiole - Leaf stalk.
  • Petiolule - Leaflet stalk.
  • Pulvinus - The swollen base of a petiole or petiolule.
  • Rachilla - Secondary axis of compound leaf.
  • Rachis - The main axis of a pinnately compound leaf.
  • Sheath - Any more or less tubular portion of the leaf surrounding the stem or culm, as in thePoaceae.
  • Stipels - Paired scales, spines, or glands at the base of petiolule.
  • Stipules - Paired scales, spines, glands, or blade-like structures at the base of a petiole.