The pericycle is a cylinder of parenchyma or sclerenchyma cells that lies just inside the endodermis and is the outer most part of the stele of plants. Although it is composed of non-vascular parenchyma cells, it is still considered part of the vascular cylinder because it arises from the procambium as do the vascular tissues it surrounds. In dico...
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(from the article `root`) The vascular cylinder is interior to the endodermis and is surrounded by the pericycle, a layer of cells that gives rise to branch roots. The ... ...cork cambium usually arises immediately inside the epidermis or in the epidermis itself. In roots, the first cork cambium appears in the outermost ... ...stele....
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In vascular plants, one or more cell layers surrounding the vascular tissues of the root, bounded externally by the endodermis and internally by the phloem. The pericycle consists of parenchyma cells and sometimes fibers.
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Tissue generally found in the root and bound externally by the endodermis and internally by the phloem.
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pericycle, pericyclic The outermost cell layer of the stele in a plant, frequently becoming a multilayered zone.
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