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Buds are absent in certain plants like Ipomoea batatas and roots develop endogenously from the pericycle in between protoxylem points. Roots have several zones including a root cap, elongation zone, root hair zone, and mature cell zone. There are two main root systems - a taproot system that can be racemose or cymose, and a fibrous root system. The taproot system can also have modifications like fleshy, nodulated, pneumatophores, buttress or plank roots, and reproductive roots. Adventitious roots can be underground, above ground, or have specialized structures like root tubers, fasciculated, palmate, nodulose, moniliform,

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Buds are absent in certain plants like Ipomoea batatas and roots develop endogenously from the pericycle in between protoxylem points. Roots have several zones including a root cap, elongation zone, root hair zone, and mature cell zone. There are two main root systems - a taproot system that can be racemose or cymose, and a fibrous root system. The taproot system can also have modifications like fleshy, nodulated, pneumatophores, buttress or plank roots, and reproductive roots. Adventitious roots can be underground, above ground, or have specialized structures like root tubers, fasciculated, palmate, nodulose, moniliform,

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ROOTS

Buds are absent in Ipomoea batatas, dalbergia, populous, dahlia.


Root branches are endogenous (develop from pericycle in between
protoxylem points)
PARTS OF ROOT
Root cap: multiple root caps in pandanus. Root caps absent in
mangrove. Aquatic roots has root pockets- pistia, eichornia.
Growing point
Zone of elongation
Root hair zone
Zone of mature cells
ROOT SYSTEMS
TAP ROT SYSTEM
It is of two types: RACEMOSE (DEEP FEEDER)-mango, peepal
CYMOSE (SURFACE FEEDER)-solanum nigrum
Modifications of tap root system
FLESHY TAP ROOT
CONICAL-carrot
FUSIFORM-radish
NAPIFORM-turnip
TUBEROUS-mirabilis, trichosanthes
NODULATED ROOTS-legumes (pisum sativum, cicer arietinum)
PNEUMATOPHORES-avicennia, sonneretia, heritiera
BUTTRESS OR PLANKS ROOTS-ficus elastic, ficus religiosa,
bombax(sambal, silk cotton tree), kapok
REPRODUCTIVE ROOTS-dalbergia, populous
FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM
ADVENTITIOUS ROOT SYSTEM
They can be underground-grass, mint
They can be above the ground-Ivy, banyan
FLESHY ADVENTITIOUS ROOTS
ROOT TUBERS(TUBERCULAR ROOTS)-ipomoea batata
FASCICULATED ROOTS-asparagus(at intervals), dahlia(at
stem base)
PALMATE ROOTS-orchis
NODULOSE ROOTS-curcuma amada(mango ginger),
maranta(arrow root)
MONILIFORM ROOT-momordica
ANNULATED ROOTS-ipecac (cephaelis)
PROP ROOTS-ficus bengalensis, rhizophora
STILT ROOTS OR BRACE ROOTS-maize, sugarcane, pandanus
(screw pine, posses multiple root caps)
HAUSTORIA OR PARASITIC-cuscuta, viscum (mistletoe)
CLIMBING ROOTS-betel (piper betel), black pepper(piper
nigrum), money plant(pothos), tecoma, Ivy, vanilla

ASSIMILATORY ROOTS OR PHOTOSYNTHETIC-tinospora,


podostemum, taeniophyllum, trapa(water chestnut)
EPIPHYTIC ROOTS OR HYGROSCOPIC-orchis, vanda,
dendrobium
EIPHYLLOUS ROOTS OR FOLIAR-bryophyllum, begonia
FLOATING ROOTS-jussiaea
ROOT THORNS-acanthorhiza, iriartia exorhixa, pothos armatus
CONTRACTILE ROOTS-croccus, freesia
LEAF ROOTS-salvinia
REPRODUCTIVE ROOTS-dahlia, sweet potato.

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