Read the following statements and find out the incorrect statement about monocot stem. |
A large number of scattered vascular bundles . Each vascular bundle surrounded by a parenchymatous bundle sheath. Peripheral vascular bundles are generally smaller than the centrally located ones. Water-containing cavities are present within the vascular bundles. |
Each vascular bundle surrounded by a parenchymatous bundle sheath. |
The correct answer is Option (2) -Each vascular bundle surrounded by a parenchymatous bundle sheath. The monocot stem has a sclerenchymatous hypodermis, a large number of scattered vascular bundles, each surrounded by a sclerenchymatous bundle sheath, and a large, conspicuous parenchymatous ground tissue . Vascular bundles are conjoint and closed. Peripheral vascular bundles are generally smaller than the centrally located ones. The phloem parenchyma is absent, and water-containing cavities are present within the vascular bundles.
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