Difference between monocot and dicot stem 1
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Answer:
Dicot stems have a circular arrangement of vascular tissues, whereas the stems of monocots have vascular-tissue bundles scattered.
Answer:
Dicot stems have a circular arrangement of vascular tissues, whereas the stems ofmonocots have vascular-tissue bundles scattered throughout. In monocots the vascular bundles also tend to be toward the outside of the stem. Another difference between monocot and dicot stems involves the role played in root development.
Explanation:
Dicot Stem
1. Single layered epidermis with thick cuticle
2. Multicellular epidermal hairs may or may not be present
3. Hypodermis is generally collenchymatous
4. The different tissues are arranged in concentric fashion
5. Ground tissue is differentiated into hypodermis, cortex, endodermis, pericycle and pith
6. Always solid.
7. Vascular bundles are of similar size
8. Vascular bundles are wedge shaped, definite and arranged in one or two rings
9. Bundle sheath absent
10. Vascular bundles conjoint, collateral and open
11. No cavity in the vascular bundles
12. Vessels are polygonal, numerous and arranged in chains
13. Phloem parenchyma present
14. Secondary growth occurs due to formation of lateral meristem
Monocot Stem
1. Single layered epidermis with thick cuticle. Epidermal hairs absent
2. Epidermal hairs absent
3. Hypodermis is generally sclerenchymatous
4. Concentric arrangement is absent
5. No differentiation except hypodermis
6. Solid or hollow
7. Vascular bundles are of different sizes
8. Oval or rounded, numerous and scattered in the ground tissue
9. Bundle sheath Present
10. Conjoint, collateral and closed.
11. A protoxylem cavity present
12. Vessels are oval, few and arranged like the letter V or Y.
13. Phloem parenchyma absent
14. Secondary growth is generally absent.