Answer:
Meristems are able to differentiate into other tissues
Explanation:
The presence of meristems explains the ability of plants to regenerate from cuttings.
Meristems or meristematic tissues consist of a group of actively dividing, undifferentiated cells. They posses the ability to enlarge, stretch and differentiate into other types of cells or organs as they mature.
Meristems are of three types:
- Apical meristems which consists of shoot apical meristems that give rise to organs like leaves and flowers and root apical meristems that give rise to roots.
- Intercalary meristems which is specific to the stems of monocots and responsible for rapid stem elongation as well as leaf regrowth in some plant species.
- Floral meristems which is the transformation of apical meristems in flowers and responsible for the development of flower structures like sepal, petals, etc.
