BSA Online Image Collection, Plant Anatomy

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Sambucus, pith parenchyma cell	Myriophyllum aerenchyma w/druse	Myriophyllum druse w/polarized light	Ornithogalum, raphid cell, x.s.	Ornithogalum, raphid cell, l.s.


Ornithogalum raphids	Ornithogalum raphids w/polarized light	Solanum tuber, fresh	Solanum tuber, fresh w/polarized light	Allium, epidermis peel, fresh


Elodea leaf, fresh	Nymphaea, astrosclereid	Acorus (sweet flag) leaf, cross section	Hoya pith, sclereid	Hoya pith, sclereid+B39 w/polarized light


Apium petiole, collenchyma	Zea root tip, l.s. autoradiography	Zea root tip	Rananculus acris, root, x.s.	Casparian strip


Smilax herbacea, root, x.s.	Zea mays, root, x.s., fluorescence (FL)	Zea, lateral root initiation I	Zea, lateral root initiation II	Zea, lateral root initiation III


Ricinus, shoot tip, l.s.	Coleus, shoot apex, l.s.	Coleus, axillary bud, l.s.	Coleus, shoot apex, x.s.	Sequoia sempervirens, shoot apex, x.s.


Medicago stem, x.s.	Lycopersicum stem, x.s.	Latuca, stem, vascular bundle	Sambucus stem, early periderm	Sambucus stem, tenticil


Helianthus, early vascular cambium	Pinus, vascular cambium	Tilia stem, phloem, 3 yr.	Fraxinus wood, cross section, ring porous	Fraxinus wood, radial section


Fraxinus wood, tangential section	Cornus florida wood, x.s. diffuse porous	Pinus wood, cross section	Pinus wood, radial section	Pinus wood, radial section


Pinus wood, tangential section	Pinus, cortical resin duct	Pinus, xylary resin duct	Cucurbita, phloem cross section	Cucurbita, phloem, longitudinal section


Robinia xylem, l.s. bordered pit hairs	Coleus trichome, FL & Darkfield	Zea mays stem, vascular bundle	Aristolochia stem, vine	Potamogeton stem, cross section


Leaf primordia, cross section	Dicot leaf, cleared	Monocot leaf, cleared	Dionaea muscipula leaf, glandular trichome	Nerium leaf, xerophyte


Citrus leaf, oil gland	Lycopersicon leaf, dicot	Eleagnus leaf, dicot	Zea leaf, monocot	Aquilegia, x.s.


Zea leaf bundle	Nymphaea, leaf, hydrophyte	Ficus leaf, xerophyte	Ficus leaf, FL	Enlargement of fused anthers


Pinus strobus, leaf cross section	Pinus nigra, leaf cross section	Aquilegia flower, l.s. hypogynous	Aquilegia, x.s.	Potamogeton stem, cross section


Helianthus florets, l.s. epigynous	Helianthus, x.s., base of nectary	Helianthus, x.s., free filaments	Helianthus, x.s., free filaments	Potamogeton stem, cross section