What Is Phellogen in Plants?
Cambium, Called the Phellogen or Cork Cambium, Is the Source of the Periderm, a Protective Tissue That Replaces the Epidermis When the Secondary Growth...
cambium, called the phellogen or cork cambium, is the source of the periderm, a protective tissue that replaces the epidermis when the secondary growth displaces, and ultimately destroys, the epidermis of the primary plant body.
What is phellogen and phelloderm?
Phellogen is defined as the meristematic cell layer responsible for the development of the periderm. ... phelloderm – inside of cork cambium; composed of living parenchyma cells. phellogen (cork cambium) – meristem that gives rise to periderm. phellem (cork) – dead at maturity; air-filled protective tissue on the outside.
What does phellogen mean?
: a secondary meristem that initiates phellem and phelloderm in the periderm of a stem or root. — called also cork cambium.
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