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Detail of outer part of the root of Smilax
Legend:
1 epidermis and cuticle
3 cortex
2 exodermis
English name: Greenbrier
Scientific name: Smilax sp.
Familia: Smilacaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
The exodermis is formed in the outer layer of the cortex and is strongly thickened and suberized (cork)