Reduction in vascular tissue, mechanical tissue and cuticle is characteristic of

Options

A. xerophytes
B. mesophytes
C. epiphytes
D. hydrophytes

Answer

D

Explanation

In hydrophytes, vascular tissue and mechanical tissue are reduced. Cuticle is either completely absent or if present, it is thin and poorly developed. In xerophytes, cuticle is heavy and well developed. Vascular tissue and mechanical tissue are well developed and differentiated.
In mesophytes, cuticle in aerial part is moderately developed. Vascular and mechanical tissues are fairly develpoed and well differentiated.