Palm Trees and Cycads Have Converged on a Similar Growth

question 52

Multiple Choice

Palm trees and cycads have converged on a similar growth form, yet they actually grow and develop quite differently. What are some of these similarities and differences?

• A)Cycad stems are composed mostly of a mantle of roots.
• B)Palms lack a vascular cambium, but cycads do not.
• C)Cycads have sheathing leaf bases that protect their apical buds, whereas palm apical meristems are protected by bud scales.
• D)Neither produces vegetative branches as part of normal growth.

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