A flowering plant without companion cells in its phloem is

Austrobaileya

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Eucalyptus

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Solution

The correct option is A Austrobaileya
Austrobaileya is the angiosperm plant but without any companion cells.
Companion cells are the living cell with a large nucleus.
This nucleus controls the cytoplasm of the sieve tube element. But its the exception is Austrobaileya, which is an angiosperm plant but companion cells are absent.
The correct option is A.

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