Question

A plant bears fruit, has a column of vascular tissue and a tap root system. This plant is a

• A. angiosperm and dicot
• B. gymnosperm and dicot
• C. angiosperm and monocot
• D. gymnosperm and monocot.

Answer 1

Answer: (A)

angiosperm and dicot

Answer 2

In angiosperms, seeds are produced inside the ripened ovary called fruit. However in gymnosperms the seeds are not produced inside a fruit. In angiosperms vascular tissue includes both tracheids and vessels and in gymnosperms the vascular tissue contains only tracheids and not vessels. Tap root is the primary root that develops from the radicle. It forms lateral branches which are further branched to form tertiary roots. These are generally found in dicotyledons. In monocotyledons, primary root is short lived, tap root is absent and adventitious roots are found. The given description is about angiospermic dicot.