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Contents<br />

Acknowledgements 6<br />

Abbreviations 6<br />

Preface 7<br />

1 lottoducrion 9<br />

The assortmenc of land plantS 9<br />

Transpiration and translocation in vascular plants 9<br />

General morphology of angiosperms 9<br />

Vascular anatomy of angiosperms 10<br />

Floral and reproductive features of angiosperms 10<br />

Theme of the atlas 11<br />

2 The plant cell 26<br />

Introduction 26<br />

Cell membranes 26<br />

l'ucleus 26<br />

Plasricls 27<br />

Mitochondria 28<br />

Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) 28<br />

Golgi apparatus 28<br />

Vacuoles 29<br />

Microbodies 29<br />

Ribosomes 29<br />

Microrubulcs and microfilaments 29<br />

The cell wall 30<br />

, 3 Plant histology ;7<br />

Distribution of cells and tissues ;7<br />

Parenchyma ;7<br />

Col1cllchyma ;7<br />

Sc1ercnchyma ;8<br />

Secretory tissues ;8<br />

Phloem ;8<br />

Xylem ;9<br />

Structure of wood 60<br />

4 Apical mcrisrcms: genesis of primary shoot and root 84<br />

Introduction 84<br />

Vegetative shoot apex 84<br />

Early leaf ::lI1d bud development 84<br />

Tissue differentiation in the young stem 8;<br />

Root apex 8;<br />

Tissue differentiation in the young root 85

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