Plant Anatomy: Glands, Roots, and Specialized Structures

Plant Glands: Types and Secretions

Glands: External Secretion of Mucilage Cells: Cells with large nuclei, thick cell walls, numerous dictyosomes, and vesicles in the periphery. They contain mucilage and exhibit granulocrine secretion.

Glandular Salt Structures: Plants that live in saline soils, known as halophytes (e.g., Atriplex), have an epidermis covered with vesicular hairs that accumulate salts. In Caragana, salts are stored in vacuoles. When the cell collapses, the liquid content evaporates,

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