Rhizome bought multiflorum ( Polygonatum multiflorum ) ( L. ) All.
Rhizome - a modified shoot , usually underground, with scaly, underdeveloped or early dying leaves , apical or axillary buds , accessory roots . Rhizome performs the function of storing nutrients, vegetative renewal and reproduction . In a tree, the root root is the main root (extension of the trunk ), as well as a part of the roots protruding on the surface of the earth [1] .
Rhizome may be:
- simple or branchy - according to the degree of branching;
- horizontal, vertical or oblique - in the direction of growth;
- long, short or very shortened (with close nodes ) - in length;
- thick or thin - by thickness.
- Epigenic Rhizome
- Hypogenic
Notes
- β Modern Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language Ephraim. AST, Moscow, 2006
Literature
- Fedorov, A. A., Kirpichnikov, M.,., Artyushenko, Z. T. Stem and root // Atlas on the descriptive morphology of higher plants / Ed. Ed. Corr. USSR Academy of Sciences P.A. Baranov. - M. β L .: Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1962. - 392 p. Archived January 14, 2014 on Wayback Machine