Question

Question 33
The water conducting tissue generally present in gymnosperm is

(a) vessels
(b) sieve tube
(c) tracheids
(d) xylem fibres

Answer 1

(c) tracheids

The gymnosperms are characterized by the presence of tracheids as their major conducting tissue. These are elongated dead cells with hard lignified walls. They conduct water and don’t have open ends like vessels.