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A vessel element or vessel member (also called a xylem vessel) [1] is one of the cell types found in xylem, the water conducting tissue of plants. Vessel elements are found in most angiosperms (flowering plants) and in some gymnosperms such as cycads and Ephedra, but absent in conifers.
Vessel, in botany, the most specialized and efficient conducting structure of xylem (fluid-conducting tissues). Characteristic of most flowering plants and absent from most gymnosperms and ferns, vessels are thought to have evolved from tracheids (a primitive form of water-conducting cell) by loss
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Definition. Vessel elements are elongated, tubular cells in the xylem that facilitate water transport from roots to leaves. They align end-to-end to form continuous vessels for efficient water conduction.
Jun 17, 2022 · The xylem vessel is a series of cells and each cell is referred to as a vessel member (vessel element). In contrast, a tracheid is an individual cell. The vessel is made up of vessel members with common end walls that are partly or wholly dissolved.
May 29, 2018 · *vessel element* A type of cell occurring within the xylem [1] of flowering plants, many of which, end to end, form water-conducting vessels. Vessel elements are frequently very broad and have side walls thickened by deposits of lignin over most of the surface area.
Nov 28, 2016 · Xylem Definition. Xylem is a type of tissue in vascular plants that transports water and some nutrients from the roots to the leaves. Phloem is the other type of transport tissue; it transports sucrose and other nutrients throughout the plant.
Vessel elements are the building blocks of vessels, which constitute the major part of the water transporting system in the plants where they occur. Vessels form an efficient system for transporting water (including necessary minerals) from the root to the leaves and other parts of the plant.
