alleryStart learning →Secondary growth in stems is usually seen in which group?
AMostly dicots
BMostly monocots
CBoth about equally
DNeither of them
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Mostly dicots
1. Secondary growth is the wood forming thickening produced by lateral meristems.
2. It occurs in some dicots but very rarely in monocots.
3. So dicots are the group in which stem secondary growth is usually seen.
4. Herbaceous plants mostly show primary growth with hardly any thickening, which is why saying both groups equally is wrong.
_Source: OpenStax Biology (1st ed., CC BY 4.0), Ch 30 "Plant Form and Physiology", section 30.2 Stems_
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