A Photo Laboratory Study of Plant Anatomy


About the authors

 

Dr. Gerald A. Myers, Professor Emeritus, Biology Department, South Dakota State University, facilitated a Plant Anatomy course for 33 of the 38 years of his tenure there. He did a post-doctorate at Ohio State in 1972 with Dr. R.A. Popham. The micro slides from which most of these photos were taken were prepared by the late Dr. W.L. Miller, Professor of Botany, South Dakota State University.

Dr. Carol Wake, assistant professor of Biology and current facilitator of the Plant Anatomy course, was responsible for the upgrading of the student manual used in the regular course and which was utilized in the preparation of the narrative in this website.

♦ Katherine Esau’s text “Anatomy of the Seed Plants” was the primary text utilized in the course, and the organization of which was used in the sequencing of these photo units.

♦ Dr. R.A. Popham, who contributed photo slides for many of the interpretive studies.
 

About the Photo Study Website

**This web site is best viewed in 1024 x 768 resolution and full screen mode**

For full screen mode press the F11 key on your keyboard, to undo press F11 again.
 

♦ When you view a Photo Unit with a Slide Show of photos, click the GRAY arrow to the right of the last photo to view more images.  If the arrow is not filled GRAY, then there are no more photos to view in that photo study.

♦ When viewing the Photo Units, click the UP link on the left side of the screen (under Home) to go back to the previous Photo Unit.  Click Photo Unit XX on the top of the page to go to the NEXT Photo Unit.

This site was developed to serve as a photo study where microscope slides may not be available, or a lab is not part of a course, or to give a plethora of photos from all parts of the plant body to study and interpret. The site identifies most of the anatomical structures found in plants, including several series of photos which demonstrate developmental anatomical structure.

On occasion, the species from which the images were taken is unknown. If someone recognizes the species, please contact the author. If anyone wishes to otherwise communicate with the author, his e-mail address is:  gmyers@itctel.com.  Or, visit our Contact Us page to e-mail your questions and/or comments about this web site.

If quick reference to a photo is desired without going through each unit, or the narrative accompanying the photo, link to the Index of Photos.  The photos on this page are broken down into each Photo Unit.  From here, visit the Table of Contents page to go to a specific Photo Unit to view the photos.

If a term definition is desired, link to the Glossary of Terms. They are categorized by Photo Unit. After Photo Unit 12, no new terms are introduced.

If anyone using this website has any ideas of modification to make it more useful to the user, please contact me via e-mail. ENJOY!