AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Corm. A bulb-shaped specialized stem that is made of a solid stem with no leaves.

Detailed explanation-2: -Bulb: a short vertical underground stem with fleshy storage leaves attached, e.g. onion, daffodil, and tulip. Bulbs often function in reproduction by splitting to form new bulbs or producing small new bulbs termed bulblets.

Detailed explanation-3: -phloem, plant vascular tissue that conducts foods made in the leaves during photosynthesis to all other parts of the plant. Phloem is composed of various specialized cells called sieve elements, phloem fibres, and phloem parenchyma cells.

Detailed explanation-4: -What are some different kinds of specialized stems? A tuber is a rhizome with a tip that is swollen with stored food. Irish potatoes are tubers.