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Transverse section through a monocot root

Legend:

1  epidermis
3  oil cells
4  endodermis
5  vascular cylinder
2  cortex

English name: Silax
Scientific name: Smilax sp.
Familia: Liliaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

Transverse section through a monocot root; the vascular cylinder comprises pericycle, phloem and xylem