Question

What are morphological changes in plants indicative of?

Answer 1

Morphological changes in plants:

1. The study of a plant's exterior structure and physical form is known as phytomorphology.
2. Plant anatomy is the study of a plant's interior structure, particularly at the microscopic level, and is generally thought to be distinct from this.
3. Plant morphology is helpful for identifying plants visually.
4. Both the vegetative and reproductive structures of plants are studied in plant morphology.
5. Vascular plants have two main organ systems that make up their vegetative (somatic) structures: a shoot system made up of stems and leaves, and a root system. These two systems serve as a unifying theme for the study of plant morphology because they are present in almost all vascular plants.
6. The reproductive structures, on the other hand, are numerous and typically unique to a single plant group.
7. Only angiosperms have structures like flowers and fruits, ferns possess sori, and conifers and other gymnosperms possess seed cones. Therefore, reproductive traits are seen to be more helpful for classifying plants than vegetative traits.