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Woody root

Legend:

1  cork
3  dilated ray
4  xylem
5  growth ring
2  phloem
6  ray

English name: Basswood/linden
Scientific name: Tilia sp.
Familia: Tiliaceae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Woody root with secondary growth. The vascular cambium forms xylem to the inside and phloem to the outside. The external layer of the pericycle has developed a cork cambium that forms cork to the outside and causes the degeneration of the endodermis, the cortex and the epidermis.


last modified: 5 Jun 2014