Ectophloic siphonostele is found in
- Osmunda and Equisetum
- Marsilea and Botrychium
- Adiantum and Cucurbitaceae
- Dicksonia and Maiden hair fern.
Answer
(1) Osmunda and Equisetum
Solution
A siphonostele is a stele with a central pith surrounded by vascular tissue.
⇒ In an ectophloic siphonostele the phloem lies only on the outer side of the xylem (no inner phloem).
⇒ It occurs in Osmunda and Equisetum.
∵ Marsilea, Adiantum and Dicksonia have amphiphloic siphonostele / solenostele or dictyostele (phloem on both sides of xylem), and the Cucurbitaceae have bicollateral bundles.
Answer: (1)