Anatomy of Flowering PlantsHard
Question
the chief water conducting elements of xylem in gymnosperms are
Options
A.vessels
B.fibers
C.transfusion tissue
D.trachids
Solution
The tracheids are elongated, angular dead cells with hard lignified wide lumen and narrow end walls. The walls of tracheids possess different types of thickening and the unthickened areas of its walls allow the rapid movement of water from one tracheid to another. Tracheids are the characteristic cell types of xylem tissues in gymnosperms and pterido phytes, where they are the cheif elements of water conduction.
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