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rhizomes are underground horizontal stems

tubers are enlarged underground stems

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Q: What is difference between rhizomes and stem tubers?
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An underground stem which possess vascular tissues is a.?

tubers


What are the examples of stem and root tubers?

Root Tubers are different than Stem Tubers. Root Tubers include: Dahlias, Sweet Potatoes (Kumara - Ipomaea battatas), Cassava and Jerusalem Artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus) Root Tubers are modified roots so do not have "eyes" (buds) like a Potato which is a. . . .Stem Tubers include: Potatoes, New Zealand Yam or Oca (Oxalis tuberosa), Tuberous Begonias, Cyclamen, and Mignonette Vine (Anredera cordifolia) and they are modified stems so do have "eyes" (buds) which are axillary (side) buds and can become vegetative shoots.Stem Tubers also generally go green (like a spud) if left in the light but Root Tubers generally don't (no chloroplasts in modified root.)


Which plant make food in stem?

plants whose stems are eaten are kangkong celery potato ginger and onion,brocolli,sugarcane,asparagus


What is the difference between modifed roots and stem?

Roots and stem get modified for storage or performing any specific function such as climbing or overcoming hostile environmental conditions. The basic difference between a root and stem is that in case of root, the primary vascular bundles are radial whereas in stems these are conjoint and collateral.


How do you distinguish that rhizomes are stem and not root?

rhizome is a characteristically horizontal stem of a plant that is usually found underground, often sending out roots and shoots from its nodes while root is a part of a plant body that bears no leaves, and therefore also lacks nodes

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What are the differences between root and stem tubers?

A stem tuber has axial buds. Such as "eyes" on a potato.


What are Example of stem tubers?

callaloo


How do corn and rhizomes differ?

The creeping stem of a grass plant


How does yam reproduce?

yam is propagated by tubers


Does the potatoes come from a stem?

No. Potatoes are tubers. They come from the root.


An underground stem which possess vascular tissues is a.?

tubers


What is the difference between a hurbatious stem and a woody stem?

Parts of a stem are tubes and covering


What is difference between stock and a scion?

the difference between scion and stock is that scion is the cut stem of a plant while stock is the stem attached to the ground


What is the difference between a bulb and a tuber?

Basically a bulb is a modified stem. It contains the stem leaves and flowers of the plant compressed into the bulb. A tuber is a swollen food store with buds or eyes on the end which grow, to form a plant, that lives off the tubers food store until roots grow sufficiently to support it.


What is tuberous?

Tubers are various types of modified plant structures that are enlarged to store nutrients. They are used by plants to overwinter and regrow the next year and as a means of asexual reproduction. Two different groups of tubers are: stem tubers, and root tubers


What are the types of specialized stem?

bulbs,corms,tubers,spurs,crown,rhizomesstolens