Morphology

Morphologically, a flowering plant shows two broad sets of structures: vegetative structures — the root, stem and leaf — which are concerned with anchorage, nutrition and photosynthesis; and reproductive structures — the flower, fruit and seed — which are concerned with sexual reproduction and the production of the next generation. The plant body is organised into a below-ground root system and an above-ground shoot system (stem, leaves, flowers and fruit), and the sections that follow describe each o …