Xylem

Xylem is one of the two types of transport tissue in vascular plants, the other being phloem. The basic function of the xylem is to transport water from roots to stems and leaves, but it also transports nutrients.^[1]^[2] The word xylem is derived from the Ancient Greek word ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood"; the best-known xylem tissue is wood, though it is found throughout a plant.^[3] The term was introduced by Carl Nägeli in 1858.^[4]^[5]

^ Purcell, Adam. "Xylem and phloem". Basic Biology. Archived from the original on 2016-05-04.
^ Keith Roberts, ed. (2007). Handbook of Plant Science. Vol. 1 (Illustrated ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 185. ISBN 9780470057230.
^ Richard B. Mancke (1977). Providing for Energy: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on United States Energy Policy (illustrated ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 42. ISBN 9780070656178.
^ Nägeli, Carl (1858). "Das Wachstum des Stammes und der Wurzel bei den Gefäßpflanzen und die Anordnung der Gefäßstränge im Stengel" [The growth of the stem and of the root among vascular plants and the arrangement of the vascular strands in the stalk]. Beiträge zur Wissenschaftlichen Botanik (Contributions to Scientific Botany) (in German). 1: 1–156. From p. 9: "Ich will die beiden welche von dem Cambium nach aussen und nach innen gebildet werden, Phloëm und Xylem nennen." (I will call the two parts of the permanent tissue, which are formed by the cambium outwardly and inwardly, "phloëm" and "xylem".)
^ Buvat, Roger (1989). "Phloem". Ontogeny, Cell Differentiation, and Structure of Vascular Plants. pp. 287–368. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-73635-3_10. ISBN 978-3-642-73637-7.

[1] Purcell, Adam. "Xylem and phloem". Basic Biology. Archived from the original on 2016-05-04.

[2] Keith Roberts, ed. (2007). Handbook of Plant Science. Vol. 1 (Illustrated ed.). John Wiley & Sons. p. 185. ISBN 9780470057230.

[3] Richard B. Mancke (1977). Providing for Energy: Report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on United States Energy Policy (illustrated ed.). Tata McGraw-Hill Education. p. 42. ISBN 9780070656178.

[4] Nägeli, Carl (1858). "Das Wachstum des Stammes und der Wurzel bei den Gefäßpflanzen und die Anordnung der Gefäßstränge im Stengel" [The growth of the stem and of the root among vascular plants and the arrangement of the vascular strands in the stalk]. Beiträge zur Wissenschaftlichen Botanik (Contributions to Scientific Botany) (in German). 1: 1–156. From p. 9: "Ich will die beiden welche von dem Cambium nach aussen und nach innen gebildet werden, Phloëm und Xylem nennen." (I will call the two parts of the permanent tissue, which are formed by the cambium outwardly and inwardly, "phloëm" and "xylem".)

[5] Buvat, Roger (1989). "Phloem". Ontogeny, Cell Differentiation, and Structure of Vascular Plants. pp. 287–368. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-73635-3_10. ISBN 978-3-642-73637-7.

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