stolon

(noun)

a shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner

Related Terms

  • rhizome
  • thorn
  • tuber
  • cladode
  • apomixis
  • bulbil
  • tendril
  • corm
  • bulb

Examples of stolon in the following topics:

  • Stem Modifications

    • Stolons are stems that run almost parallel to the ground, or just below the surface, and can give rise to new plants at the nodes.
    • Runners are a type of stolon that runs above the ground and produces new clone plants at nodes at varying intervals: strawberries are an example.
    • Tubers arise as swollen ends of stolons, and contain many adventitious or unusual buds (familiar to us as the "eyes" on potatoes).
    • Shown are (a) ginger (Zingiber officinale) rhizomes, (b) a carrion flower (Amorphophallus titanum) corm (c) Rhodes grass (Chloris gayana) stolons, (d) strawberry (Fragaria ananassa) runners, (e) potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers, and (f) red onion (Allium) bulbs.
  • Asexual Reproduction in Plants

    • Ginger and iris produce rhizomes, while ivy uses an adventitious root (a root arising from a plant part other than the main or primary root), and the strawberry plant has a stolon, which is also called a runner.
    • (e) Strawberry plants form stolons: stems that grow at the soil surface or just below ground and can give rise to new plants
  • Natural and Artificial Methods of Asexual Reproduction in Plants

    • In some plants, such as the sweet potato, adventitious roots or runners (stolons) can give rise to new plants .
    • A stolon, or runner, is a stem that runs along the ground.
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