Question

The stomatal pore is guarded by two kidney shaped guard cells. Name the epidermal cells surrounding the guard cells. How does a guard cell differ from an epidermal cell? Use a diagram to illustrate your answer.

Answer 1

The epidermal cells surrounding the guard cells of stomata are called subsidiary cells.

Different between guard cells and epidermal calls are

$\begin{array}{cc}\text{Lenticels}& \text{Stomata}\\ \text{They are bean or kidney shaped}& \text{They are barrel shaped.}\\ \text{They possess chloroplasts.}& \text{They ladk chloroplasts.}\\ \text{They are smaller.}& \text{They are bigger.}\\ \text{Cell walls of guard cells are not uniform}& \text{Epidermal cells are uniformly thin.}\\ \text{and thicker.}& \end{array}$