Photosynthesis Collection (page 6)

Upper surface of a pea leaf
Scanning electron micrograph (coloured green) of the upper surface of a pea leaf, Pisum sativum, with the epidermis (left) stripped off (right) to show the palisade mesophyll layer beneath

Open stomata, SEM
Open stomata. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of open stomata on the surface of a tobacco leaf (Nicotiana tabacum)

Stomatal complex, TEM
Stomal complex. Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a stomatal (pore) complex in the young leaf of the pea plant (Pisum sativum)

Closed stoma, SEM
Closed stoma. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a closed stoma (centre) on the leaf surface of the succulent Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)

Open stoma, SEM
Open stoma. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an open stoma on the surface of a tobacco leaf (Nicotiana tabacum)

TEM of chloroplasts
Transmission electron micrograph of chloroplasts from the yellow portion of a variegated yellow/green coleus plant, Coleus blumei

TEM of a chloroplast from a pea plant
False colour transmisson electron micrograph of a chloroplast in the leaf of a pea plant Pisum sativum. The chloroplast is the site of photosyn- thesis; a process by which plants obtain carbohyd

Cutaway illustration of plant chloroplast
Cutaway illustration of a plant chloroplast, the unit within the leaf which manufactures the plants food supply - starch - during photosynthesis

Chlorophyll molecule
Chlorophyll A, molecular model. This is the molecule used by plants to gather energy from sunlight. When light falls on the molecule, it loses an electron

Chloroplasts in cells of Zinnia
Chloroplasts in mesophyll cells of leaf. Coloured Transmission Electron Micrograph (TEM) of meso- phyll cells in a young leaf of Zinnia elegans

TEM of a chloroplast from a tobacco leaf
False-colour transmission electron micrograph of a chloroplast from a leaf of the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum. Chloroplats are the sites of photosynthesis in green plants

Chloroplast in the leaf of a pea plant
False colour transmisson electron micrograph of a chloroplast in the leaf of a pea plant Pisum sativum. The chloroplast is the site of photosynthesis; the process by which plants obtain carbohydrates

Chloroplasts from leaf of Coleus
False-colour transmission electron micrograph of a green chloroplast from a variegated leaf of the plant Coleus blumei. Chloroplasts are the sites of photosynthesis in plants & green algae

Green alga, TEM
Transmission electron micrograph of a section through a single cell green algae, Chlamydomonas asymmetrica. The micrograph shows the arrangement of chloroplasts, dark-stained bodies

Common stonewort (Chara vulgaris). Photographed in Greece, in April

Chlamydomonas alga
Coloured Transmission Electron Micrograph of a section through the unicellular green algae, Chlamydomonas asymmetrica. The micrograph shows the arrangement of chloroplasts (green)

Light Micrograph (LM): plant cell chloroplasts - the site where photosynthesis takes place
LRDS-192 Light Micrograph (LM): plant cell chloroplasts - the site where photosynthesis takes place David Spears (Last Refuge)

Plant leaves backlit by sunlight. Kapiti island New Zealand
MAB-489 Plant leaves backlit by sunlight. Kapiti island New Zealand Mark Boulton Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

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