C TISSUES
MEENUJA .M.J
NATURAL SCIENCE
INTRODUCTION
MERISTEMATIC TISSUES
Plants produce new tissues and organs all thorough their life
by this meristematic activity
CHARACTERS
Abundant cytoplasm
Prominent nucleus
CLASSIFICATION
Based on position
Apical
meristem
Intercalary meristem
Lateral meristem
Based on origin
Promeristem
Primary
meristem
Secondary meristem
PROMERISTEM
Found in embryo
Also called primordial / embryonic meristem
These cells divide and give rise to primary
meristem.
Primary meristem Apical & Intercalary
appear early in the life of a plant
responsible for the formation of primary plant body
Primary growth involves development of new parts
of a plant and growth in length of a particular part
These cells divide and give rise to primary
permanent tissues of the plant body.
SECONDARY MERISTEM
APICAL MERISTEM
1 - Central zone
2 - Peripheral zone
3 - Medullary (i.e. central) meristem
4 - Medullary tissue
INTERCALARY MERISTEM
LATERAL MERISTEMS
CONCLUSION