Multiple choice

In which of the following plants are vessel elements present?

  1. Ginkgo

  2. Cycads

  3. Conifers

  4. Gnetophytes
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Explanation

Vessel elements are present in Gnetophytes. The vessels in the wood of gnetopsids are derived from tracheids with circular bordered bits, in contrast to the vessels of angiosperms, which are derived from scalariform tracheids.

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