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Freshly dug sweet potato plants with tubers Hemerocallis tuber roots. A root tuber, tuberous root or storage root is a modified lateral root, enlarged to function as a storage organ. The enlarged area of the tuber can be produced at the end or middle of a root or involve the entire root.
Since the hypocotyl is a region between the stem and the roots, such tubers are variable in their anatomy and growth habits. Thus the roots of Cyclamen graecum grow from the base of the tuber, suggesting it is a stem tuber, whereas those of Cyclamen hederifolium mostly grow from the upper surface of the tuber, suggesting it is a root tuber. [10]
Tubers develop from either the stem or the root. Stem tubers grow from rhizomes or runners that swell from storing nutrients while root tubers propagate from roots that are modified to store nutrients and get too large and produce a new plant. [22] Examples of stem tubers are potatoes and yams and examples of root tubers are sweet potatoes and ...
Vines emerge from a large, hard tuberous root which can reach several meters in length and weigh in excess of 100 kg. Newly exposed tubers can be seen along roadcuts or eroded slopes and have a scaly, tan-colored surface. Injured or decaying tubers take on a golden or orange color.
Root vegetables are underground plant parts eaten by humans or animals as food. In agricultural and culinary terminology, the term applies to true roots such as taproots and tuberous roots as well as non-roots such as bulbs , corms , rhizomes , and stem tubers .
Tuber borchii, known as the whitish truffle or bianchetto truffle, [1] is a small, common species of edible truffle excellent for use in cuisine. Taxonomy [ edit ]
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Tuber anniae: W.Colgan & Trappe [1] 1997 United States Pacific Northwest Tuber arenaria: Moris: 1829 Tuber argenteum: Gilkey: 1916 Tuber argentinum: Speg. 1909 Tuber asa-foetida: Lesp. 1889 Tuber atrorubens Tul. 1851 Tuber australe: Speg. 1880 Tuber bellisporum: G.Bonito & Trappe [2] 2010 Tuber belonei: Quél. 1888 Tuber berkeleyanum Tul. 1851 ...