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Anatomy Of Flowering Plants

Question
CBSEENBI11002184

Companion cells are closely associated with 

  • sieve elements

  • vessel elements

  • trichomes

  • guard cells

Solution

A.

sieve elements

Companion cells are characteristic elements of phloem tissue associated with the sieve tubes(sieve elements) in the angiosperms. The siever tubes and companion cells are related ontogenically as they develop from the same mother cell. The companion cells and sieve tubes maintain close cytoplasmic connections through plasmodesmata.