Plant-Kingdom Question 763

Question: In ferns, the vascular bundles are:

Options:

A) Radial

B) Conjoint

C) Hadrocentric

D) Leptocentric

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Answer:

Correct Answer: C

Solution:

[c] In the ground tissue of fern, many meristeles are arranged in a ring which form the vascular tissue system.

Each meristele has central xylem surrounded by phloem.

Thus, each meristele is concentric and amphicribral (hadrocentric).