Example 1 · difficulty 4/5
Lens-shaped openings called lenticels appear on the surface of older woody stems. Which statement about their structure and function is correct?
- A. They arise when the vascular cambium ruptures the overlying secondary phloem
- B. They are modified stomata that remain permanently open in the periderm
- C. They consist of loosely arranged complementary cells produced by phellogen, allowing gaseous exchange
- D. They occur only in herbaceous stems after the epidermis has sloughed off