Question

Which of the following are water transporting elements in flowering plants?

• A. Tracheids only
• B. Vessels only
• C. Tracheids and vessels
• D. Either tracheids or vessels (not both)

Answer 1

The correct option is C Tracheids and vessels

Tracheids are elongated cells in the xylem of vascular plants that serve in the transport of water and mineral salts. Tracheids are one of two types of tracheary elements, vessel elements being the other. Tracheids, unlike vessel elements, do not have perforation plates. A vessel element or vessel member (trachea) is one of the cell types found in xylem, the water conducting tissue of plants. Vessel elements (tracheae) are typically found in flowering plants (angiosperms) but absent from most gymnosperms such as conifers.

So the correct option is 'Tracheids and Vessels'.