NTA Abhyas NEET2020BotanyAnatomy of Flowering PlantsPractice
The vascular bundles in a dicot stem are
Options
- AClosed, collateral, exarch
- BOpen, collateral, exarch
- CClosed, collateral, endarch
- DOpen, collateral, endarch
Correct answer
D. Open, collateral, endarch
Step-by-step solution
In dicot stem, vascular bundles are conjoint, collateral in which xylem is present towards inner side and phloem towards center. Cambium is present in between xylem and phloem thus vascular bundles are open. Xylem is endarch as protoxylem is present towards center and metaxylem towards periphery.