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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)