.What are meristems?Where can we look for this tissue?
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The meristem is a type of tissue that occurs in plants. It consists of undifferentiated cells capable of cell division. Cells in the meristem can develop into all the other tissues and organs that occur in plants. Differentiated plant cells generally cannot divide or produce cells of a different type.
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Meristematic Tissue Definition
“Meristematic tissue is the plant tissue that has the ability to divide actively throughout its life.”
What is Meristematic Tissue?
Carl Wilhelm von Nägeli coined the term “meristem.” Meristematic tissue contains undifferentiated cells which are the building blocks of the specialized plant structures.
Meristematic tissues contain living cells with varied shapes. They possess a large nucleus devoid of the vacuole. The cells have no intercellular space. The zone where these cells exist is known as meristem.
The cells of the meristematic tissue divide actively to form specialized structures such as buds of leaves and flowers, tips of roots and shoots, etc. These cells help to increase the length and girth of the plant.