a meristem that increases the girth of stems and roots by producing additional xylem and phloem
See also cork cambium
Derived forms
cambial (ˈcambial)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin: exchange, from Late Latin cambiāre to exchange, barter
Examples of 'cambia' in a sentence
cambia
Often, these successive cambia are organised concentrically.
Elisabeth M R Robert, Nele Schmitz, Ilse Boeren, Tess Driessens, Kristof Herremans,Johan De Mey, Elke Van de Casteele, Hans Beeckman, Nico Koedam 2011, 'Successive cambia: a developmental oddity or an adaptive structure?', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3031581?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Functionally, all the successive cambia are bidirectional and produce secondary xylem centripetally and phloem centrifugally.
Rajput Kishore S. 2016, 'Development of successive cambia and wood structure in stem of Rivea hypocriteriformis(Convolvulaceae)', Polish Botanical Journalhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pbj.2016.61.issue-1/pbj-2016-0003/pbj-2016-0003.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Successive cambia are initiated from the pericyclic parenchyma situated three to four cell layers outside of the protophloem.
Rajput Kishore S. 2016, 'Development of successive cambia and wood structure in stem of Rivea hypocriteriformis(Convolvulaceae)', Polish Botanical Journalhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pbj.2016.61.issue-1/pbj-2016-0003/pbj-2016-0003.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)