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  4. Consider the following two statements and select the correct option. Statement I: In the dicot root, the vascular cambium is completely secondary in origin. Statement II:Vascular cambium originates from the tissue located just below the phloem bundles, above the protoxylem to form a complete, continuous wavy and circular ring.

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Q. Consider the following two statements and select the correct option.
Statement I: In the dicot root, the vascular cambium is completely secondary in origin.
Statement II:Vascular cambium originates from the tissue located just below the phloem bundles, above the protoxylem to form a complete, continuous wavy and circular ring.

Anatomy of Flowering Plants

Solution:

• In the dicot root, the vascular cambium is completely secondary in origin.
• Vascular cambium originates from the tissue located just below the phloem bundles, a portion of pericycle tissue, above the protoxylem forming a complete and continuous wavy ring, which later becomes circular.