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Leaf Structure in Sun and Shade Conditions

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Leaf Structure in Sun and Shade Conditions

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Sun and shade leaf X10

epidermis

Palisade – 2 layers

Spongy mesophyll

Lower epidermis

SHADE LEAF
All tissues generally less
developed / thinner
Hakea leaf or stem?

Round in x-
section
=needle shape
reduce surface
area
Thick cuticle

Epidermal hair

Sunken stoma
Sunken stoma

Palisade (3 layers)
Stained red/brown

Sub-stomatal air
chamber
pericycle

phloem

xylem

Patches of
sclerenchyma

Laticiferous cells

Parenchyma cells
Stoma w.m. X100
Whole mount

Thick inner wall

Chloroplast in
guard cells

Granular nucleus

Stoma opening
Stoma w.m. X100

Granular nucleus

Epidermal cells
(no chloroplast)
Pinus Leaf t.s. X40

epidermis

Resin canal

Vascular tissue in
stele
Mesophyll cells
Pinus Leaf t.s. X400
Epidermal cells
with thick wall

collenchyma

Photosynthetic
cells have
indented walls

Resin canal
Pinus Leaf t.s. X400

parenchyma

Vascular bundle

Endodermis –
thickened outer wall
Pinus Leaf t.s. X400 ~ vascular tissue

Xylem tracheid –
(no vessels)
characteristic of
gymnosperms

phloem

cambium

Layer of thick
wall cells
Pinus Leaf t.s. X40 ~ stoma

Sunken stoma

Guard cell

Indented wall

Pigmented
cytoplasm with
choroplast
Pinus Leaf t.s. X40 ~ distribution stoma

Positions
where
stoma are
located

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