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Plectostele vs Siphonostele - What's the difference?

plectostele | siphonostele |

As nouns the difference between plectostele and siphonostele

is that plectostele is (botany) a type of protostele, in which the two types of vascular tissue in the stem are intermingled while siphonostele is (botany) a type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a cylinder surrounding a central pith and possessing leaf gaps.

plectostele

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) A type of protostele, in which the two types of vascular tissue in the stem are intermingled.

    • Derived terms

    * plectostelic

    See also

    *

    siphonostele

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) A type of stele, in which the vascular tissue in the stem forms a cylinder surrounding a central pith and possessing leaf gaps.

    • Antonyms

    * protostele

    Hyponyms

    * atactostele * dictyostele * eustele * solenostele

    Derived terms

    * siphonostelic

    See also

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