Plant Tissues

• Tissue - a group of cells that perform essentially the same function, commonly in a similar structure, and organized into a functional and structural unit
• Meristematic - perpetually young tissues primarily concerned with formation of new cells
• Apical Meristem - Located at the main and lateral shoots and roots

  • Root Apical Meristem
  • Shoot Apical Meristem
• Lateral Meristem - Arranged parallel to the sides of the organ in which it occurs

  • Vascular cambium
  • Cork cambium
• Intercalary Meristem - actively growing region away from the apex

  • meristem is inserted between more or less differentiated tissue regions
• When an initial divides, one of the daughter cells remains as an initial to maintain the meristem.
• Derivatives or meristematic derivatives (specialized meristematic cells)