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Cross-section of vascular cylinder in onion root

Legend:

1  cortex
3  pericycle
4  phloem
5  xylem
2  endodermis

English name: Onion
Scientific name: Allium cepa
Familia: Liliaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

The central cylinder consists of the pericycle, phloem and xylem. The endodermis belongs to the cortex