Water Lily Leaf Cross Section

This leaf is similar to lilac in that its ground tissue consists of areas of both palisade and spongy parenchyma.

Water lily leaf cross section. Stem cross section in myriophyllum parrot feather small cells form an intricate lattice structure creating aerenchyma in water hyacinth. These leaves are acicular in shape and are more or less rounded in cross section. 1 upper epidermis 2 stomata 3 intercellular space below stomata 4 palisade parenchyma 5 spongy parenchyma 6 air cavities 7 sclereids 8 xylem 9 phloem 10 lower epidermis.

In the spongy mesophyll there are large pockets where air can be trapped. Thus they do not possess two epidermal layers. It is used in in the word hydroelectric power to convey water generated.

A transverse section through a leaf of onion alliumcepa of family liliaceae would show the following internal structure fig. Floating round leaves of waterlily grow up to 12 inches across. Unlike those in the lilac leaf however both the upper and lower epidermal layers in the oleander leaf are several cell layers thick.

Cross section through a leaf of the waterlily. Most of them float on the surface of the water. Water lily is a plant adapted to an aquatic environment hence the term hydromorphic hydro is a prefix denoting water.

Cross section of neriumleaf nymphaea water lily an example of a hydromorphic leaf. Note the thin epidermal layer and the absence of stomata in the lower epidermis. The leaf margins of both the amazon or royal water lily v.

Regia and the santa cruz water lily v. Cruziana have upturned edges giving each thickly veined leaf the appearance of a large shallow pan 60 to 180 cm about 2 to 6 feet across and accounting for its common name water platter. Cross section of a hydrophytic leaf observe a prepared slide of a hydrophyte such as nymphaea commonly called a water lily.