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NODAL ANATOMY ~ Fab Study

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What is Nodal Anatomy? It is the branch of botany which deals with internal structure and organization of plant or the plant organs are called plant anatomy. N.Grew (1641-1712)  is known as father of plant anatomy. K.A Chaudhary  is the father of indian plant anatomy. Anatomy of Nodal and internodal region are different:- The stem of plant is differentiated into nodes and internodes. The anatomical features of internodal region are is quiet different from that of the internodal region. This anatomical difference is due to the prescence of vascular supply to the leaves and branches from the main vascular cylinder of the stem. Nodal region of higher plants posses leaf gaps & leaf traces:- Each leaf that originates from the node, of higher plants possess vascular tissue of the leaves are connected to that of the stem. A vascular strand that extends between the vascular cylinder of stem and the leaf is called leaf trace or foliar trace. Even if the trace possess both xylem a...