Vascular tissues in flowering plants develop from:
- plerome
- periblem
- phellogen
- dermatogen
Answer
(1) plerome
Solution
According to the histogen theory (Hanstein), the apical meristem has three histogens:
dermatogen → epidermis; periblem → cortex; plerome → stele (pericycle, vascular tissues and pith).
Phellogen (cork cambium), on the other hand, is a secondary lateral meristem that forms cork and secondary cortex.
Hence vascular tissues develop from the plerome.
Answer: (1)