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The two types of parenchymatous tissue are:

  1. collenchyma and aerenchyma

  2. chlorenchyma and aerenchyma

  3. collenchyma and selerenchyma

  4. collenchyma and chlorenchyma
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Explanation

Parenchyma is a basic tissue that can specialize into different forms. Chlorenchyma contains chlorophyll for photosynthesis, and aerenchyma contains large air spaces to provide buoyancy in aquatic plants. Collenchyma and sclerenchyma are separate categories of simple permanent tissues.

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