Boerhavia diffusa, commonly known as ‘punarnava’ (meaning that rejuvenates the body) is a highly medicinal plant belongs to the family Nyctaginaceae. It is a prostrate herbaceous plant. Plants belonging to Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Begoniaceae, Nyctaginaceae, Piperaceae etc. have many vascular bundles in the medulla. Such vascular bundles are called Medullary Vascular Bundles. […]
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Anomalous Secondary Growth in Bougainvillea Stem PPT
Anomalous Secondary Growth in Bougainvillea Stem PPT: Anomalous Secondary Thickening in Bougainvillea, Anomalous Secondary Thickening in Dicot Plants, Process of Secondary Thickening in Plants, Included Phloem, Intra Xylary Phloem, Internal Phloem, Concentric Vascular Bundles, Amphivasal Vascular Bundles, Amphicribral Vascular Bundles, Formation of Accessory Cambium. Nyctaginaceae Anomalous Growth, Formation of Secondary […]
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Anomalous Secondary Thickening in Bougainvillea Stem
Bougainvillea (belongs to Nyctaginaceae family) is a thorny ornamental bushy plant extensively grown as ornamental hedges. The inflorescence of Bougainvillea consists of large colourful petal-like bracts which surround three simple flowers. A large number of colour variants for the bracts are available. Anatomically Bogainvillea is peculiar that its secondary thickening […]
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Difference between Normal Root and Coralloid Root in Cycas
Cycas- Normal vs Coralloid Root Cycas is a Gymnosperm coming under the Class Cycadopsida and Order Cycadales. Cycas plants have TWO types of Roots – (1) Normal Roots and (2) Coralloid Roots. In this post, we discuss the Similarities and Differences between Normal Root and Coralloid Roots in Cycas with […]
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Root Stem Transition in Plants PPT
Anatomy of Root Stem Transition PPT: Root Stem Transition in Plants, Anatomical Peculiarities of Transition Zone between Root and Stem in Plants, How the Radial Vascular Bundles in the Root Changes to Conjoint Vascular Bundles in the Stem? Characteristics of Root Stem Transition Zone, Different Types of Root Stem Transition […]
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