BOT 1200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cork Cambium, Clements Markham, Cinchona

139 views15 pages
30 Nov 2015
Department
Course
Professor

Document Summary

Lecture 5: medicine from tree bark: quinine and taxol. Stem functions: structural support for leaves, fruits and owers. Reproductive organs are accessible to pollinators and seed dispersers: internal support. Move water and nutrients from roots to the leaves (xylem) and moves carbohydrates from leaves to roots (phloem: stems have meristematic tissues. Regions of active cell division, apical meristem form tissues required to increase stem height. Axillary buds form leaves, branches, and owers. Vascular cambium and cork cambium are involved in increasing stem diameter. Consists of inner bark which is secondary phloem, and outer bark which is periderm (skin of the plant, made of cork cells. The bark of trees is crucial for protection against water loss due to the large surface area, mechanical injury of any kind, mild re injury, temperature extremes, injury from chewing insects. The cork cell walls contain protective secondary compounds lignin, suberin, gums and latexes.

Get access

Grade+
$40 USD/m
Billed monthly
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
10 Verified Answers

Related Documents

Related Questions