stem Flashcards
Stemless
Acaulescent
Stem which remains above the ground
Aerial
Angles in transverse section
Angular
Woody and treelike
Arborescent
Incline upward
Ascending
Stem with many branches
Branched
Young small bulb developed from the base of large bulb
Bulbel
Erect stem covered by fleshy leaves
Bulb
Developed on the above ground parts
Bulbil
A branch of single intercode becomes flat or leaf like
Cladode
Small embryonic stem tip bearing leaves or flowers
Bud
Overwintering base of a perennial herb
Caudex
Short, much branched, cushion like plant
Cespitose
Possesing a distinct stem
Caulescent
A leadflike, flattened green stem
Cladophyll
Erect with a strong trunk
Columnar
Usually surrounded by membranous scales
Corm
Young small corm developing at the base of parent corm
Cormel
Trailing stem having roots throughout its length
Creeping
Stem of sedges and grasses
Culm
Circular outlined in transverse section
Cylindrical
Bending in one direction
Decumbent
Stem Dividing equally into two
Dichotomous
Stem spreading in all directions
Diffuse
With unbranched stems
Eramous
Growing upright
Eramous
Erect and parallel
Fastigiate
Stem hollow from inner side
Fistular
Woody and shrublike
Fruticose
ZiGzag stem
Geniculate
Shining and smooth
Glaucose
Covered with hairs
Hairy
Dying to the ground at the end of the growing season
Herbaceous
Stem between two nodes
Internode
Contaning latex
Lenticel
Area of the stem from which arises branches, leaves, or a leaf
Node
Creeping stem bearing a tuft of leaves above
Off set
Frequently succulent stems
Pachycauly
Succulent stems with leaves
Phylloclade
Pointed extension of epidermis or cortex
Prickle
The first year
Primocane
Parallel on the ground
Procumbent or prostate
Winged stem
Pterocaulous
Covered with fine silky hairs
Pubescent
Branched stem
Ramose
Creeping stem
Repent
Underground stem bearing scale like leaves
Rhizome
Any underground portion of a plant
Rootstock
Usually rooting and producing plants at the nodes
Runner
Fleshy stems
Sarcocauly
Climbing stem
scandent
A leafless flowering stem arises from an underground stem
Scape
Possessing a scape
Scapose
Remains of a point of attachment of a leaf
Scars
Hard, woody sterns
Sclerocauly
Pointed outgrowth
Spine
Horizontal stem rooting at the nodes
Stolon
Bearing stolons
Stoloniferous
Underground
Subterranean
Usually fast growing and adventitious
Sucker
Woody at the base
Suffrutescent
Prostate stem with parts oriented upward
Supine
Long, twisting appendage adapted for climbing
Tendril
A sharp, pointed, reduced branch
Thorn
A grass shoot developed from the base of the stem
Tiller
Stem sprawling on the ground with the help of adventitious roots
Trailing
Enlarged fleshy up of an underground stem
Tuber
An overwhelming bud
Turion
A short lateral branch of a woody stem
Twig
Long, straight, slender, or stick like
Virgate
Hard in texture and possesing secondary xylem
Woody
Coiling or the support without any special device
Twinner
