In which of the following pairs of parts of a flowering plant is epidermis absent ?
(A) Root tip and shoot tip
(B) Shoot bud and floral bud
(C) Ovule and seed
(D) Petiole and pedicel

Options

A. Root tip and shoot tip
B. Shoot bud and floral bud
C. Ovule and seed
D. Petiole and pedicel

Answer

A

Explanation

Root tip and shoot tip
Root apex and shoot apex both are actively growing organs less of plants have higher quality of division. Cells of this region are active and continuously dividing. Its cells are not differentiated into epidermal tissue, so the apex of root and shoot lack epidermis.