Anatomy of Flowering PlantsHard
Question
What is true about a monocot leaf ?
Options
A.Reticulate venation
B.Absence of bulliform cells form epidermis
C.Mesophyll not differentied into palisade and spongy tissues
D.Well diffferentiated mesophyll
Solution
Monocot leaves are characterised by parallel venation,leaves are isobilateral (both the durfaces equally green), amphistomatic with dump bell-shaped guard cells. The upper epidermis pos sesses groups of larger sized thin walled vacuolate cells called bulliform or motor cells. Meso phyll is undifferentiated and consists of isodiametric cells enclosing intercelluler spaces. Midrib region does not contain mesophyll and possesses number of parallel vascular bundles.
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