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KCET · BIOLOGY · STD 11 - 6. Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Find out the wrong statement about angiosperm roots.

  1. A Cuticle is absent in young stages.
  2. B The apex is protected by root cap.
  3. C Vascular bundle are collateral.
  4. D Xylem is centripetal in growth in the young roots
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(C) Vascular bundle are collateral.

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(C) Vascular bundle are collateral.,
In angiosperm roots, the vascular bundles are radial, not collateral. In radial arrangement, xylem and pholem are present bundles along different radii, unlike collateral arrangement (in stems) where they are together in single bundle, arranged along the same radii.