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Evert, Ray Franklin.

Esau's Plant anatomy : meristems, cells, and tissues of the plant body : their structure, function, and development / Ray F. Evert ; with the assistance of Susan E. Eichhorn. - 3rd ed. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, 2006 - xx, 601 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Rev. ed. of: Plant anatomy / Katherine Esau. 2nd. ed. 1965.

Structure and development of a plant : an overview --
The protoplast : plasma membrane, nucleus, and cytoplasmic organelles --
The protoplast : endomembrane system, secretory pathways, cytoskeleton, and stored compounds --
Cell wall --
Meristems and differentiation --
Apical meristems --
Parenchyma and collenchyma --
Sclerenchyma --
Epidermis --
Xylem : cell types and developmental aspects --
Xylem : secondary xylem and variations in wood structure --
Vascular cambium --
Phloem : cell types and developmental aspects --
Phloem : secondary phloem and variations in its structure --
Periderm --
External secretory structures --
Internal secretory structures.

ISBN: 0471738433 (cloth) 9780471738435 (cloth)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Plant anatomy.
Plant morphology.

Dewey Class. No.: 571.32 / E935