Wheat Stem (Cross Section)
Triticum aestivum
A cross section of a wheat stem (Triticum aestivum stem c.s.) stained with Fast Green, revealing the classic architectural features of a hollow cereal grass culm. The tissue displays a hollow central pith cavity (lacuna) surrounded by a ring of ground parenchyma tissue containing closed collateral vascular bundles arranged in two distinct concentric rings. Smaller vascular bundles reside near the outer subepidermal sclerenchyma layer, while larger bundles are situated deeper within the ground tissue. Each vascular bundle contains typical monocot xylem elements, including distinct metaxylem vessels and protoxylem lacunae, paired with outer phloem tissue and encircled by a structural sclerenchymatous bundle sheath.
- Category
- Botany & Plants
- Magnification
- 20x
- Stain
- Fast Green
- Tags
- wheat stem, Triticum aestivum, wheat stem cross section, monocot stem, poaceae, culm, pith cavity, vascular bundle, metaxylem, protoxylem, phloem, sclerenchyma bundle sheath, subepidermal sclerenchyma, ground tissue, epidermis, plant anatomical section
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