Publication . Carocha, Victor João Martins Taveira; Fevereiro, Pedro; Paiva, Jorge; Pettenati, Jacqueline
Secondary xylem, commonly known as wood, is essentially formed
by highly lignified secondary cell walls of both fibres and vessels. The
process of formation of secondary xylem is also termed xylogenesis.
Secondary xylem derives from the vascular cambium, whose dividing
cells undergo irreversible differentiation, under a strict temporal and
spatial control.(...)