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Q. In sunflower stem, the pericycle is present in the form of patches and they are formed by

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Anatomy of Flowering Plants

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Sclerenchyma patches present outside the vascular bundle in sunflower stem T.S. is called bundle cap. Bundle cap is derived from pericycle. Thus pericycle is present as patches of sclerenchyma as bundle cap.