Search in gallery

Back to Medium sized version | With labels

Transverse section of a monocot stem

Legend:

1  epiderm
3  vascular bundles
4  sclerenchyma
2  parenchyma

English name: Corn / Maize
Scientific name: Zea mays
Familia: Gramineae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Transverse section of a monocot stem. The vascular bundles are spread over the entire stem in monocots, no cambium ring is formed and there is no secondary growth.

http://www.vcbio.science.ru.nl/en/image-gallery/show/print/PL0062/print/

last modified: 5 Jun 2014