NEETBotanyAnatomy of Flowering Plants
What is the characteristic of the vascular bundles in monocot stem?
Options
- AOpen and radial
- BOpen and endarch
- CConjoin and closed
- DConjoin and endarch
Correct answer
C. Conjoin and closed
Step-by-step solution
The monocot stem has a sclerenchymatous hypodermis, a large number of scattered vascular bundles, each surrounded by a sclerenchymatous bundle sheath, and a large, conspicuous parenchymatous ground tissue Vascular bundles are conjoint and closed . Peripheral vascular bundles are generally smaller than the centrally located ones. The phloem parenchyma is absent, and water-containing cavities are present within the vascular bundles.