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