Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of

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Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of (A) mesophytes (B) epiphytes (C) hydrophytes (D) xerophytes.

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In hydrophytes mechanical tissue i.e. sclerenchyma, conducting tissue xylem, absorbing tissues are in reduced form or absent. Cuticle is either completely absent or if present it is thin and poorly developed.

Q. Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of

mesophytes

epiphytes

hydrophytes

xerophytes.

In hydrophytes mechanical tissue i.e. sclerenchyma, conducting tissue xylem, absorbing tissues are in reduced form or absent. Cuticle is either completely absent or if present it is thin and poorly developed.