Morphology of Root, Stem and Leaf

Biology · Chapter 6 · Unit 2: Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants

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Roots: tap, fibrous and adventitious; regions; modifications for storage (tuberous, fusiform, conical, napiform), respiration (pneumatophores) and support (stilt, prop)
Stems: nodes, internodes and buds; underground, aerial and sub-aerial modifications
Leaves: parts of a simple leaf; venation; simple and compound (pinnate, palmate) leaves; phyllotaxy (alternate, opposite, whorled)
Leaf modifications for support, protection, storage and reproduction; insectivorous plants (pitcher plant, Venus flytrap)