Read the following statements carefully: (A) Intercalary meristems regenerate parts removed by grazing herbivores in grasses. (B) Cells 'left behind' from the shoot apical meristem constitute the axillary bud. (C) All lateral meristems are strictly secondary in origin. (D) Fascicular vascular cambium is an example of a lateral meristem. How many of the above statements are correct?

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Statement (A) is correct as intercalary meristems occur in grasses and regenerate parts removed by grazing herbivores. Statement (B) is correct because during the formation of leaves and elongation of stem, some cells 'left behind' from the shoot apical meristem constitute the axillary bud. Statement (C) is incorrect because not all lateral meristems are secondary in origin. Fascicular vascular cambium (intrafascicular cambium) is a lateral meristem but is primary in origin, as it exists from the beginning between