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Encyclopedia > Cambium

Vascular cambium is a tissue found in the stems of perennial dicots. Biological tissue is a substance made up of cells that perform a similar function. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ...


The vascular cambium is a lateral meristem that develops as a hollow cylinder or as longitudinal strands, replacing the primary vascular tissues in dicotyledons and gymnosperms. It is absent in many herbaceous angiosperms. Meristem is a type of embryonic tissue in plants consisting of unspecialized, youthful cells called meristematic cells and found in areas of the plant where growth is or will take place - the roots and shoots. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... This article is about the plants used in cooking and medicine. ... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ...


The vascular cambium is the source of both the growth of secondary xylem tissues (growth inwards) and secondary phloem tissues (growth outwards), and is hence located between these tissues in the stem. (The word secondary differentiates these new tissues from the primary xylem and phloem, which derive from the apical meristem.) In vascular plants, the xylem is the tissue that carries water up the root and stem. ... In vascular plants, phloem is the tissue that carries organic nutrients, particularly sucrose to all parts of the plant where needed. ... Flower buds have not yet bloomed into a full-size flower. ...


The vascular cambium usually consist of two types of cells;

  • Fusiform initials (long cells with tapered ends)
  • Ray initials (almost isodiametric cells - smaller and round to angular in shape)

Vascular cambium is a part of the plant's meristem - series of tissues consisting of embryonic (incompletely differentiated) cells from which other (and more differentiated) plant tissues originates. Meristem is a type of embryonic tissue in plants consisting of unspecialized, youthful cells called meristematic cells and found in areas of the plant where growth is or will take place - the roots and shoots. ... Cells in culture, stained for keratin (red) and DNA (green) The cell is the structural and functional unit of all living organisms, and are sometimes called the building blocks of life. ...


See also

Cork cambium is a tissue found in the stems of perennial dicots. ...

Synonyms

  • Wood cambium
  • Main cambium

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Vascular cambium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (202 words)
Vascular cambium is a tissue found in the stems of perennial dicots.
The vascular cambium is a lateral meristem that develops as a hollow cylinder or as longitudinal strands, replacing the primary vascular tissues in dicotyledons and gymnosperms.
The vascular cambium is the source of both the growth of secondary xylem tissues (growth inwards) and secondary phloem tissues (growth outwards), and is hence located between these tissues in the stem.
cambium --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (730 words)
plural Cambiums, or Cambia, in plants, layer of actively dividing cells between xylem (wood) and phloem (bast) tissues that is responsible for the secondary growth of stems and roots (secondary growth occurs after the first season and results in increase in thickness).
Theoretically, the cambium is a single layer of cells, called initial cells; practically, it is difficult to distinguish the initials from their still-undifferentiated daughter cells, and several cell layers are collectively called the cambium, or cambial zone.
The inner soft bark, or bast, is produced by the vascular cambium; it consists of secondary phloem tissue whose innermost layer conveys food from the leaves to the rest of the plant.
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