LEAF
stomata are
arranged
randomly                                                                                                                                                                stomata are
                                                                                                                                                                        arranged in
                                                                   Photosynthesis                            Reproduction                                               parallel rows;
                                                                                                                                                                        uniformly
                                                                                                                                                  amphistomatic
bundle sheath:                                                                                                                                                          present on both
has a single                                       transpiration                respiration                   Kalanchoe                                                 the leaf surfaces.
layer and                                                                                                                       isobilateral
formed of            vascular bundle                                                                                            (lilac)
                                                                                                                                                  intercellular
                     is large
                                          lower surface is                                                                                        spaces are
                                                                       Dicots                                   Monocots        equally green.
                                          light green in                                                                                          relatively small      bundle sheath:
                                                                                                                                (lilac)           due to compact        have a single or
walls of                                  color.
epidermal cells:     hypostomatic                                  Syringa vulgaris                              Water lily                       arrangement of        double layer
do not have silica                                                 (lilac)                                                       both small and   mesophyll cells.      and formed of
                                          upper surface:
deposition                                                                                                   guard cells of      large vascular                         colored cells
                                          dark green               guard cells of
                                                                                                             stomata are         bundles                                due to presence
                                                                   stomata are                                                                                          of chloroplasts.
                                                                                                             dumb-bell                             walls of
                     intercellular        dorsiventral             kidney-shaped
                                                                                                             shaped                                epidermal cells:
                     spaces: relatively   (lilac)
                                                                                                                                                   heavy
                     large due to
                                                                                                                                                   deposition of
                     presence of
                                                                                                                                                   silica.
                     loosely packed                                                                                           shape of a dicot
                     mesophyll cells.                                                                                         plant leaf is
mesophyll:                                                                                                                    broader;                                  mesophyll: no
                                          hypodermis of the
differentiated                                                                                                                relatively                                such
                                          midrib region of a
into two parts,                                                                                      large vascular           smaller                                   differentiation.
                                          dicot plant leaf is
the lower spongy                          collenchymatous                                            bundles may show                                   venation
mesophyll and                                                                                        differentiation into                               pattern:
upper palisade                                                                                       protoxylem and           the hypodermis of         parallel
                     shape of a dicot
                     plant leaf is                                                                   meta-xylem               the midrib region
                     broader;              large vascular                                            elements                 is
venation                                   bundles do not                                                                     sclerenchymatous.         plant leaf is
                     relatively
pattern:                                   show                                                                                                         slender and
                     smaller
reticulate                                 differentiation into                                        bulliform                                        long in
                                           protoxylem                                                  (motor) cells                                    shape.
                                           elements.                                                   are very much
                                                                                                                              bundle sheath
                                                                                                       present in the
                                                                                                                              extension of a
                     bundle sheath                                     bulliform                       epidermis
                                                                                                                              dicot leaf is
                     extension of a                                    (Motor) cells                                                                 Figure 1. Concept Map
                                                                                                                              parenchymato
                     dicot leaf is                                     are absent in                                          us
                     parenchymatous                                    the epidermis