PLANT FORM AND

FUNCTION
BIOL 5 LECTURE 6A

Baldomero JRN, Lagera AJ, Rotairo HFI

Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Cavite State University
OVERVIEW OF CONTENTS

01. 02. 03.

Why we study Plant Plant form and
plants characteristics function
WHY DO WE NEED TO STUDY ABOUT PLANTS?

Oxygen Food

Medicine Scientific
Discoveries

AREN’T YOU CONVINCED YET?

UNIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: Plants are photosynthetic
UNIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: Plants are eukaryotic,
multicellular, primarily terrestrial organisms
descended from green algae

Micromonas sp. Giant kelps

UNIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: New organs are formed
at meristems
UNIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: Plants are hydrostatic
systems
UNIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: Plant reproductive
cycles involve alternation of generations
UNIFYING CHARACTERISTICS: Plants defend themselves
without moving

Cactus spines Lily of the Valley Tomato trichomes

cardiac glycosides
HIERARCHY OF PLANT
ORGANIZATION
BASIC PLANT CELL
TYPES
BASIC PLANT CELL
TYPES
BASIC PLANT CELL
TYPES
SUMMARY
Plant organs
are made up of
three tissues
Dermal tissue
Ground tissue
Vascular tissue
Xylem elements
Cohesion-adhesion
theory
Phloem elements
Pressure-flow
model
Roots
Root types
Stems
Stem
growth
 Stem
adaptations
Leaves
Leaf types
Leaf
adaptations