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Overview of onion root tip
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1 rootcap
2 quiescent center
English name: Onion
Scientific name: Allium cepa
Familia: Liliaceae
Classis: Monocotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
In the quiescent center, corresponding to the center of the meristem, relatively few divisions occur. The apical meristem comprises the first deviated cells. Most divisions occur just outside the meristem in the primary meristems, protoderm, procambium, ground tissue meristem and root cap meristem.