AIPMT | 2014Anatomy of Flowering PlantsHard

Question

You are given a fairly old piece of dicot stem and a dicot root. Which of the following anatomical structures will you use to distinguish between the two?

Options

A.Secondary xylem
B.Secondary phloem
C.Protoxylem
D.Cortical cells

Solution

In stems, the protoxylem lies towards the centre (pith) and the metaxylem lies towards the periphery of the organ. This type of primary xylem is called endarch.In root, the protoxylem lies towards periphery and metaxylem lies towards the centre, such arrangement is called exarch.

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