Question
Reduction is vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of
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xerophytes
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mesophytes
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epiphytes
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hydrophytes
Solution
D.
hydrophytes
In hydrophytes, vascular tissue and mechanical tissue are reduced. The cuticle is either completely absent or if present, it is thin and poorly developed.
In xerophytes, cuticle is heavy, well -developed vascular tissue and mechanical tissue are well -developed and differentiated.
