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Detail of a transverse section of a monocot root: central cylinder

Legend:

1  cortex
3  pericycle
4  phloem
5  xylem
2  endodermis

English name: Greenbrier
Scientific name: Smilax sp.
Familia: Smilacaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae

The phloem elements lay in small groups among the xylem vessels