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Transverse section through a dicot root: central cylinder
Legend:
1 cortex
3 pericycle
4 phloem
5 xylem
2 endodermis
6 pith
English name: Broad bean
Scientific name: Vicia faba
Familia: Leguminosae
Classis: Dicotyledonas
Phylum: Angiospermae
Regnum: Plantae
The not yet fully developed xylem exhibits a star-shaped arrangement among phloem elements