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Overview of onion root tip
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Legend:
1 root cap
2 quiescent center
English name: Onion
Scientific name: Allium cepa
Familia: Liliaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
Longitudinal section through an onion root tip with many dividing cells in which various stages of mitosis can be recognized