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June 1979
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Boletim de Botânica
Descreve-se um novo tipo de caule subterrâneo que ocorre em especies de Vernonia da Serra do Cipo (Minas Gerais, Brasil), que tem a peculiaridade de apresentar crescimento geotropico positivo, gemas laterais e um notavel numero de raizes adventiceas. Em analogia com o que ocorre em Selaginella, sugere-se o nome rizoforo para essa estrutura. Em condicoes naturais, no solo, suas gemas laterais dao sempre origem a novos rizoforos.
... However, there was a system formed by the aerial stem originating from the plumule and the primary root and lateral ramifications originating from the radicle, as well as buds formed on the hypocotyl giving rise to underground and aerial stem branches. A bipolar stem branching system, which in this case forms an aerial system from the embryo's plumule and an underground system from hypocotyl buds, was first described by Menezes et al. (1979) in species of Vernonia Schreb (Asteraceae) from Serra do Cipó (Minas Gerais, Brazil). After this work, Andreata (1997) and Andreata & Menezes (1999) also adopted the term rhizophore for Smilax Vell. ...
June 1979
Boletim de Botânica
