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Often a secondary covering called the periderm forms on small woody stems and many non-woody plants, which is composed of cork (phellem), the cork cambium (phellogen), and the phelloderm. The periderm forms from the phellogen which serves as a lateral meristem. The periderm replaces the epidermis, and acts as a protective covering like the ...
Cork cambium (pl.: cambia or cambiums) is a tissue found in many vascular plants as a part of the epidermis. It is one of the many layers of bark, between the cork and primary phloem. The cork cambium is a lateral meristem and is responsible for secondary growth that replaces the epidermis in roots and stems.
The epidermis is the outermost cell layer of the primary plant body. In some older works the cells of the leaf epidermis have been regarded as specialized parenchyma cells, [1] but the established modern preference has long been to classify the epidermis as dermal tissue, [2] whereas parenchyma is classified as ground tissue. [3]
There are several distinct kinds of cambium found in plant stems and roots: Cork cambium, a tissue found in many vascular plants as part of the periderm. Unifacial cambium, which ultimately produces cells to the interior of its cylinder. Vascular cambium, a lateral meristem in the vascular tissue of plants.
The dark horizontal lines on silver birch bark are the lenticels. [1]A lenticel is a porous tissue consisting of cells with large intercellular spaces in the periderm of the secondarily thickened organs and the bark of woody stems and roots of gymnosperms and dicotyledonous flowering plants. [2]
This allows the plant to select the solutes that pass further into the plant. It thus forms an important barrier to harmful solutes. [4] For example, mangroves use suberin to minimize salt intake from their littoral habitat. Suberin is found in the phellem layer of the periderm (or cork). This is outermost layer of the bark. The cells in this ...
The pattern of stem growth in Lepidodendrales can be reconstructed by analyzing their cortical growth patterns. When plants are immature, the cortex is extensive and the outer stem surface is covered with many rows of leaf bases. As the tree continues to grow, the secondary xylem and periderm originate from the vascular cambium and phellogen ...
Fouquieria formosa is a species of perennial plant in the genus Fouquieria, known by the vernacular names palo santo, rabo de iguana, rosalillo, tlapacon, corona de Cristo and flor de jabon. It is native to central and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Puebla, Morelos, Michoacán, México State, Distrito Federal, Jalisco). [2] [3]