Plant tissues (vascular development): Identify the origin tissue for the primary phloem. Full question: Primary phloem develops from which meristematic tissue during primary growth? Choose the correct option.
General Knowledge
Biology
Difficulty: Easy
Choose an option
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AProcambium
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BVascular cambium
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CPericycle
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DPhellogen (cork cambium)
Answer
Correct Answer: Procambium
Explanation
Given
- Target: Developmental origin of primary phloem.
Concept During primary growth, the procambium (a primary meristem) differentiates into primary xylem and primary phloem. Secondary phloem arises later from vascular cambium during secondary growth.
Distractors Vascular cambium → secondary tissues; pericycle → lateral roots; phellogen → periderm/cork, not phloem.
Final Answer Procambium.