MODIFIED STEM -

RHIZOME

David clavijo
CBC 10ª A
Biology
Cartagena 2017
Rhizome is also called creeping rootstalk
It is a horizontal underground plant stem capable of producing the shoot and root
systems of a new plant.
Rhizomes are used by the plant to store starches and proteins for plant survive
under unfavorable season, like for example in ginger.
Those modified stems allow the parent plant to propagate asexually, for example
in poplars and various bamboos.

MODIFIED STEM - RHIZOME

Rhizomes are elongated and usually horizontal
Subterranean stem that is often thickened by deposits of reserve food material.
It produces shoots above and roots below.
Main difference with a true root is that rhizome possesses buds, nodes, and usually
scale like leaves
Rhizome stem grows perpendicular to the force of gravity, and parallel to the surface.
The basic difference between a root and a rhizome is that rhizomes have buds, from
which new shoots emerge, and roots not

RHIZOME FEATURES
Common examples of rhizome stem are:
Ginger, used commonly as an ingredient for cooking in countries as China and
Japan.
Iris, which rhizome is a little bit different of other plants rhizomes, since it
grows above the surface instead of below it.
Bamboos that are one of the fastest-growing plants in the world

EXAMPLES OF RHIZOME STEM

 https://www.gardenseeker.com/gardening/flowers/rhizome_plants.htm
 https://www.boundless.com
/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-textbook/plant-form-and-physiol
ogy-30/stems-179/stem-modifications-688-11912/
 https://www.reference.com/home-garden/modified-stems-
f3ca2af31c638f97

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