STRUCTURAL ORGANISTION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
ANATOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS
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Question
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The following statements are related to Phloem. Which statement do you think is incorrect?
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Phloem usually transports food from leaves to different parts of the plant
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Phloem is composed of Sieve tube, Companion cells, Phloem parenchyme and Phloem fibres
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Gymnosperms do not have Sieve tube and companion cells
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Phloem parenchyma is absent in most of the dicots
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: These are living and elongated parenchymatous cells that store food, resins, latex, etc. It has abundant plasmodesmata for the lateral conduction of food. Phloem parenchyma is absent in most of the monocots. Thus, the monocot stem is the one among the options that do not contain phloem parenchyma.
Detailed explanation-2: -We can find these phloem parenchyma in dicot leaf, dicot stem and monocot root but these are absent in monocot stem.
Detailed explanation-3: -Phloem Parenchyma is absent in monocot stem.
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