A vascular bundle is a part of the transport system in vascular plant
Vascular plants (from Latin ''vasculum'': duct), also known as Tracheophyta (the tracheophytes , from Greek τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία ''trācheia artēria'' 'windpipe' + φυτά ''phutá'' 'plants'), form a large group of plants ( 300,000 ...
s. The transport itself happens in the stem
Stem or STEM may refer to:
Biology
* Plant stem, the aboveground structures that have vascular tissue and that support leaves and flowers
** Stipe (botany), a stalk that supports some other structure
** Stipe (mycology), the stem supporting the c ...
, which exists in two forms: xylem
Xylem is one of the two types of transport in s, the other being . The basic function of xylem is to transport from roots to stems and leaves, but it also transports . The word ''xylem'' is derived from the word (''xylon''), meaning "wood"; ...
and phloem
Phloem (, ) is the living tissue
Tissue may refer to:
Biology
* Tissue (biology), an ensemble of similar cells that together carry out a specific function
* ''Triphosa haesitata'', a species of geometer moth found in North America
* ''Triphosa d ...
. Both these tissues are present in a vascular bundle, which in addition will include supporting and protective tissues. In addition, there is also a tissue between xylem and phloem which is the cambium
A cambium (plural cambia or cambiums), in plants, is a tissue layer that provides partially undifferentiated cell
Cell most often refers to:
* Cell (biology), the functional basic unit of life
Cell may also refer to:
Closed spaces
* Monastic ...
.
The xylem typically lies towards the axis ( adaxial
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