What is complex tissue? Name the various kinds of complex tissue.
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The complex tissue consists of more than one type of cells which work together as a unit. Complex tissues help in the transportation of organic material, water, and minerals up and down the plants. That is why it is also known as conducting and vascular tissue.
Complex tissue is composed of more than one kind of cells. They are two types, namely Xylem tissue and Phloem tissue.
Those tissues which are made up of more than one type of cells, are called complex tissues.
They are of two types:
1) Xylem:
It is responsible for conducting water and mineral salts. It is made up of four parts called the tracheids, vessels, xylem parenchyma and xylem sclerenchyma.
2) Phloem:
it is responsible for conducting sugar from the leaf. it is made up of four parts namely phloem fibres and phloem parenchyma sieve tubes and companion cells. the gymnosperms lack seive tube and companion cell.