Question

character of monocot steem​

Answer 1

Answer:

Circular stem, may have depressed structures due to the presence of lateral branches.

Answer 2

Characteristics of Monocot Stem

Typical monocotyledonous stems shows following characteristics:

Circular stem, may have depressed structures due to the presence of lateral branches

Have thick cuticle, single layered epidermis and epidermal hairs are absent

Single layered cuticularised epidermis may contain multicellular trichomes

Ground tissues are not differentiated into cortex and pith

Hypodermis is generally sclerenchymatous

It has no distinct endodermis and pericycle

Epidermis contains stomata with guard cells.

Scattered vascular bundles are surrounded by sclerenchymatous bundle sheath cells and called atactostele

Each vascular bundle is oval, conjoint, collateral and closed

There is no distinction between pith and pith rays

Xylem is endarch, phloem is represented only by companion cells, seive tubes and little phloem fibers