Coleus Stem Cross Section

The stems are semi succulent upright branched and square in cross section.

Coleus stem cross section. Some parenchyma cells between vascular bundles have become meristematic linking the vascular cambium of the large vascular bundle arrow with adjacent smaller vascular bundles. The tissue system is organized during primary growth. The cross section of ranunculus buttercup shows the distribution of vascular bundles in the primray part of a stem.

The result is a complete ring of radially aligned cells circling the stem and separating the pith from the cortex. The plants can spread by seed or stem cuttings. A very young stem of leonurus sibiricus of family labiatae should be selected because secondary growth commences unusually early in this plant.

Some plants such as buttercup only have primary growth and are said to be herbaceous. Young coleus stem xs x40. Coleus stem cross section.

Coleus stem cross section. Return link to labelled view. Coleus stem cross section.

The cortex and pith are regions of the ground tissue system. Here in hawaii coleus is a common garden plant and also grows wild at the partly shady edges of disturbed wet to mesic moderately wet forests at low elevations. Young stem of leonurus.

Coleus stem cross section quadruple stained slides. Transverse sections are taken and stained suitably for the internal structure.