AIIMS 2008
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2008
- Subject
- Botany
- Chapter
- Anatomy of Flowering Plants
AIIMS 2008 · Botany · Anatomy of Flowering Plants
Ectophloic siphonostele is found in
Ectophloic siphonostele is found in
Options
- AOsmunda and Equisetum
- BMarsilea and Botrychium
- CAdiantum and Cucurbitaceae
- DDicksonia and Maidenhair fern.
Correct answer
A. Osmunda and Equisetum
Step-by-step solution
Stele is a column containing vascular tissues which is surrounded by pericycle and separated from ground tissue by endodermis.
Siphonostele is medullated protostele or protostele with a central non-vascular pith. Leaf gaps are absent. Siphonostele is of two types :
In Ectophloic siphonostele, central pith is surrounded successively by xylem, phloem, pericycle and endodermis. In amphiphloic siphonostele there is a central pith and xylem is surrounded on either side by phloem, pericycle and endodermis. It is found in Osmunda and Equisetum.