The below mentioned article provides a short note on lianas. Liana (=liane) represents an ecologically specialized plant form. The plants are climbing and the specialized lianes have winding stems. It is regarded that winding is governed by light requirement. Lianes have stem that is much narrower than the length. The winding stems are strong and pliant. The vascular system of [...]
In this article we will discuss about the process of healing of wounds in plants, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Plant organs often are wounded by adverse calamities of nature, grazing animals and human interference etc. As a result the living cells are exposed and they are subjected to desiccation and attack by bacteria, fungi and other pathogenic [...]
The formation of flower or an inflorescence occurs during and after the transition of shoot apex to flowering phase. The introduction of scan electron microscope has greatly advanced the study of development of floral organs in a flower and floral primordia in an inflorescence. In an inflorescence apex a series of small, leaf-like primordia of involucral bracts appear first. Subsequently [...]