Biology 12th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0078024269
ISBN 13: 978-0-07802-426-9

Chapter 24 - Flowering Plants: Structure and Organization - Assess - Page 454: 3

Answer

e. sclerenchyma.

Work Step by Step

Sclerenchyma cells have thick secondary walls that are impregnated with lignin. Most sclerenchyma cells are dead at maturity. Their primary function is to support the mature regions of a plant. Therefore, the cell type that is dead at maturity is e. sclerenchyma.
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