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Water, mineral salts and organic substances circulate only by diffusion from cell to cell in the simplest plants. In ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms however, circulation also occurs through special tube-like vascular tissues; phloem carries organic substances and xylem transports water and minerals.
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Boyce, A., Jenking, C.M. (1980). Transport in plants. In: Metabolism, movement and control. Foundations of Biology. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04705-5_8
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