Parenchyma
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Curtis, Lersten, and Nowak 2002 rev. 2019
Parenchyma with primary pit fields.
Zea mays
(maize) stem longisection with primary pit fields in parenchyma.
Typha
flower stalk cortex parenchyma cells (SEM).
Cucurbita
stem maceration showing primary pit fields in parenchyma cells (SEM).
Diospyros
endosperm: parenchyma with extremely thick primary walls. Note visible plasmodesmata.
Elodea
(water-weed) stem cross section with aerenchyma.
Elodea
(water-weed) stem cross section closeup of stele (in center) surrounded by aerenchyma.
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section with aerenchyma.
Myriophyllum
(water-milfoil) stem cross section with aerenchyma.
Canna
leaf cross section with aerenchyma.
Bacopa
(water-hyssop) stem freehand section with aerenchyma.
Arceuthobium
(dwarf mistletoe) stem: aerenchyma with primary pit fields.
Hymenachne
(marsh grass) stem freehand cross section with aerenchyma in pith.
Hymenachne
(marsh grass) stem freehand section with aerenchyma in cortex.
Hymenachne
(marsh grass) bud cross section showing young leaves before development of aerenchyma.
Hymenachne
(marsh grass) leaf cross section during development of air spaces in aerenchyma.
Hymenachne
(marsh grass) leaf cross section with mature aerenchyma.
Hymenachne
(marsh grass) stem aerenchyma.
Sansevieria
leaf cross section with fiber bundle and sclerified parenchyma (with reticulate secondary wall).
Sansevieria
leaf cross section closeup with sclerified parenchyma (reticulate secondary cell walls).
Ornithogalum
carpel wall storage parenchyma. Red dots are plastids.
Elodea
(water-weed) living leaf showing chlorenchyma.
Elodea
(water-weed) leaf plasmolyzed by 10% salt solution.
