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tap root
primary root is the largest root in system
fibrous roots
roots are a network of branch roots
adventitious roots
roots that arise from some plant part other than the primary root. ex: prop roots growing from stems.
aerial roots
form from root tips in stems
food storage roots
have a large # of storage parencyma cells in both the xylem and phloem. beet, sweet potato.
tip cuttings
include leaves attached to stem. tip is at top, leaves at top.
stem cutting
same as tip, except stem at top
plantlets
used for asexual reproduction, found on leaves or runners
leaf cutting
leaf simply stuck into rooting medium with petiole downwards
rhizomes
thickened underground STEMS, store food. produce roots from lower surface, leaves or shoots from upper surface. main stem of a plant.
tubers
enlarged, fleshy end of a prostrate stem. spreads horizontally below ground. has eyes which are axillary buds with leafy scales.
corms
develop from lateral buds at base of stem. thickened, fleshy stem enlargements, with terminal bud at tip and dry scales at nodes.
bulbs
very short stems wrapped in bulb scales. layered often.
monkey face means
monocot stem
three regions of root tip are
root tip meristem, region of cell elongation, region of cell differentation