Back to Medium sized version | With labels
Initiation of lenticel in the bark of a one year-old elderberry (presenceof collenchyma)
Legend:
1 cork
3 lenticel
4 collenchyma
5 parenchyma
7 secondary phloem
8 cambium
9 secondary xylem
2 cork cambium
6 sclerenchyma
English name: Elderberry
Scientific name: Sambucus sp.
Familia: Caprifoliaceae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
Cross-section through a 1 year-old stem of elderberry. Gas exchange between the inner tissue and the surrounding is only possible at the lenticel, but not in other regions covered by cork.
