food products vegetables (non-reproductive parts) vegetables (non-reproductive parts)

Food Products Vegetables (non-reproductive parts)

Food Products Fruits

Food from ovaries of flowers

Food Products Nuts

Walnut, almond Legumes

Soy, green bean, peanut

Adaptation to Land Cuticle

Waxy, waterproof barrier prevents evaporation

Stoma Gas exchange

Adaptation to Land Seeds

Embryo + food + seed coat

Provides post-germination

energy

May include dispersal mechanisms

Transport Vascular

tissue

TransportXylem

TransportPhloem

Source SinkSpring

Roots Meristems

SummerLeaves Flowers, fruits,

roots

Plant Phylogeny

Mosses

No cuticle No vascular system No seeds

Ferns

Cuticle Vascular system No seeds

Gymnosperms

Cuticle Vascular system Seeds (from cones)

Angiosperms

Cuticle Vascular system Seeds (from flowers)

Stems Transport between roots and

leaves Elevation of flowers and leaves

PrimaryGrowth

Secondary Growth

Vascular cambium produces new xylem and phloem

Xylem

PhloemVascularCambium

Secondary Growth

VC

X

X

P

P

X

P

X

P

VC

X

X

P

P

X

P

XVC

X

X

P

P

X

P

VC

X

X

P

P

XVC

X

X

P

P

VC

X

X

P

P

VC

X

VASCULAR CAMBIUM

OLDEST PHLOEM

NEWEST PHLOEM

OLDEST XYLEM

NEWEST XYLEMXYLEM PHLOEM

VASCULAR CAMBIUM

2o

Growth

Xyl

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Ph

loem Sp

ringw

ood

Sprin

gwoo

dSu

mm

erw

ood

Summ

erw

ood

2o

Growth

Monocots & DicotsMonocotyledons

Cereal crops, grasses, palm trees

One seed leaf

DicotyledonsBeans, roses, cactuses,

most treesTwo seed leaves

Leaves Function

Photosynthesis Structure

Mesophyll Vein

Xylem on top Phloem on bottom