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Bulbil
A bulbil (also referred to as a bulbel, bulblet, and/or pup) is a small, young plant that is reproduced vegetatively from axillary buds on the parent plant's stem or in place of a flower on an inflorescence. These young plants are clones of the parent plant that produced them—they have identical genetic material. The formation of bulbils is a form of asexual reproduction, as they can eventually go on to form new stand-alone plants. Although some bulbils meet the botanical criterion to be considered a true bulb, there are a variety of different morphological forms of bulbils, some of which are not considered to be bulbs. Hence the reason for distinction between bulbs and bulbils. For example, some bulbous plant groups, like onions and lilies, produce bulbils in the form of a secondary, small bulb. Onion and lily bulbils meet the botanical criterion to be labeled a true bulb. All bulbils produced by bulbous plants are to be considered bulbs, but not all bulbils are to be consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulb
In botany, a bulb is a short underground stem with fleshy leaves or leaf basesBell, A.D. 1997. ''Plant form: an illustrated guide to flowering plant morphology''. Oxford University Press, Oxford, U.K. that function as food storage organs during dormancy. In gardening, plants with other kinds of storage organ are also called ornamental bulbous plants or just ''bulbs''. Description The bulb's leaf bases, also known as scales, generally do not support leaves, but contain food reserves to enable the plant to survive adverse conditions. At the center of the bulb is a vegetative growing point or an unexpanded flowering shoot. The base is formed by a reduced stem, and plant growth occurs from this basal plate. Roots emerge from the underside of the base, and new stems and leaves from the upper side. Tunicate bulbs have dry, membranous outer scales that protect the continuous lamina of fleshy scales. Species in the genera ''Allium'', '' Hippeastrum'', '' Narcissus'', and ''Tulipa' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allium Vineale
''Allium vineale'' (wild garlic, onion grass, crow garlic or stag's garlic) is a perennial, bulb-forming species of wild onion, native to Europe, northwestern Africa, and the Middle East. The species was introduced in Australia and North America, where it has become an invasive species. Description All parts of the plant have a strong garlic odour. The underground bulb is 1–2 cm diameter, with a fibrous outer layer. The main (flower) stem grows to 30–120 cm tall, bearing 2–4 leaves and an apical inflorescence 2–5 cm diameter comprising a number of small bulbils and none to a few flowers, subtended by a basal bract. The leaves are slender hollow tubes, 15–60 cm long and 2–4 mm thick, waxy texture, with a groove along the side of the leaf facing the stem. Although very similar with the leaves of '' Allium schoenoprasum'' (Chives), they tend to be more fibrous, have more vertical grooves, and the grooves are better defined than the leaves of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cystopteris Bulbifera
''Cystopteris bulbifera'', with the common name bulblet fern, bulblet bladderfern, or bulblet fragile fern is a fern in the family Cystopteridaceae. Distribution The fern is native to eastern Canada, the Midwestern and Eastern United States, and two disjunct populations in the Southwestern United States. It is found only on calcareous substrates such as limestone. It commonly festoons limestone cave openings. While most commonly found on vertical rock faces, it also grows in rocky scree. Description ''Cystopteris bulbifera'' is a low-growing rock fern with creeping stems and narrow elongate deltate fronds which grow to 75 cm (30 in). ''C. bulbifera'' is unusual among ferns in producing Bulb#Bulbil, bulblets along the bottom of the fronds. This is one of the easiest ''Cystopteris'' species to identify. Hybrids This species is known to hybridize with ''Cystopteris fragilis'', ''Cystopteris protrusa'', ''Cystopteris reevesiana'', and ''Cystopteris tenuis''. Hybrids with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dentaria Bulbifera (bulbilli)
''Cardamine bulbifera'', known as coralroot bittercress or coral root, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. At the base of each leaf there are bulbils which can fall off and grow into new plants. The flowers have petals that are long collected in corymbose few-flowered raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...s and are generally light purple, pink or almost white. It is found in damp places. References bulbifera Plants described in 1769 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Brassicales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyperus Alternifolius
''Cyperus alternifolius'', the umbrella papyrus, umbrella sedge or umbrella palm, is a grass-like plant in the large genus ''Cyperus'' of the sedge family Cyperaceae. The plant is native to West Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula, but widely distributed throughout the world. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The subspecies ''Cyperus alternifolius'' ssp. ''flabelliformis'' is also known as ''Cyperus involucratus'' . Cultivation ''Cyperus alternifolius'' is frequently cultivated as an ornamental plant worldwide. It is planted in gardens in the ground, pots, in ponds, and as a houseplant. It is not hardy, and requires protection when temperatures fall below (USDA The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an United States federal executive departments, executive department of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commerc ... Zones: 9a–11b). It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynorkis Uncata
''Cynorkis'' is a genus of orchids in the subtribe Orchidinae. Species in this genus are native to mainland Africa, the Comoro Islands, the Mascarene Islands, and Madagascar. Species , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: *''Cynorkis aconitiflora'' Hermans, Andriant. & Sieder *''Cynorkis alborubra'' Schltr. *''Cynorkis ambondrombensis'' Boiteau *''Cynorkis ampullacea'' H.Perrier ex Hermans *''Cynorkis ampullifera'' H.Perrier *''Cynorkis anacamptoides'' Kraenzl. *''Cynorkis andohahelensis'' H.Perrier *''Cynorkis andringitrana'' Schltr. *''Cynorkis angustipetala'' Ridl. *''Cynorkis anisoloba'' Summerh. *''Cynorkis ankaranensis'' Hervouet *'' Cynorkis aphylla'' Schltr. *''Cynorkis aristei'' (J.-B.Castillon) P.J.Cribb & Hermans *'' Cynorkis aurantiaca'' Ridl. *''Cynorkis australis'' (Boiteau) Hermans & P.J.Cribb *'' Cynorkis bardotiana'' Bosser *'' Cynorkis baronii'' Rolfe *'' Cynorkis bathiei'' Schltr. *'' Cynorkis betsileensis'' Kraenzl. *''Cynorkis betsoman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costus Spiral
''Costus'' is a genus of herbaceous perennial plants in the family Costaceae, erected by Linnaeus in 1753. It is widespread through tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and the Americas. ''Costus'' is often characterized and distinguished from relatives such as ''Zingiber'' (true ginger) by its spiraling stems. The genus as a whole is thus often called spiral gingers, but this can also refer to '' C. barbatus'' specifically. It is important not to confuse ''Costus scaber'', ''C. spectabilis'' etc. with the herb known by the common name " costus". '' Costus spectabilis'' is the floral emblem of Nigeria; its flowers are represented (erroneously in red instead of yellow color) on its coat of arms. ''Costus productus'' and '' Costus guanaiensis'' are among the species of ''Costus'' with edible flowers. Other ''Costus'' species' flowers have also been determined to be edible. Some ''Costus'' species have traditional medicinal and veterinary uses. For example, in Trin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claytonia Sibirica
''Claytonia sibirica'' is a flowering plant in the family Montiaceae, commonly known as pink purslane, candy flower, Siberian spring beauty or Siberian miner's lettuce. A synonym is ''Montia sibirica''. It is native to Aleutian Islands and western North America and has been introduced into parts of Europe and Scandinavia. Habitat and description It is found in moist woods. It is long-lived perennial, biennial, or annual with hermaphroditic flowers which are protandrous and self-fertile. The numerous fleshy stems form a rosette and the leaves are linear, lanceolate, or deltate. The flowers are 8–20 mm diameter, with five white, candy-striped, or pink petals; flowering is typically between February and August, but some plants continue to bloom late into autumn. Distribution It is native to the Commander Islands (including Bering Island) of Siberia, and western North America from the Aleutian Islands and coastal Alaska south through Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island, Casca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cicuta Bulbifera
''Cicuta bulbifera'', commonly known as the bulb-bearing water-hemlock, is a plant native to North America and one of four species in the poisonous genus ''Cicuta''. Tiny bulbils form in the leaf joints in the upper part of the plant, giving the plant its scientific and common names. ''Cicuta bulbifera'' can be distinguished from '' Cicuta douglasii'' by its narrow leaflet segments (less than 1/4 of an inch wide) and its bulbil-bearing upper leaf axils. Morphology This perennial plant reaches tall with limited branching. The stems are light green to slightly reddish, glabrous, and glaucous from epicuticular wax. The compound, alternate leaves are green, also glaucous (excluding petioles), and up to , becoming smaller as they ascend the stems. Lower leaves are bipinnate, while the upper leaves are often simple-pinnate. The petioles of the lower leaves are long, but those of the shorter leaves are much shorter or even absent. Leaflets (pinnae) are up to long and across; they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardamine Bulbifera
''Cardamine bulbifera'', known as coralroot bittercress or coral root, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is a perennial with upright, mostly unbranched, stems to tall, and leaves made up of between three and 13 leaflets. At the base of each leaf there are bulbils which can fall off and grow into new plants. The flowers have petals that are long collected in corymbose few-flowered raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...s and are generally light purple, pink or almost white. It is found in damp places. References bulbifera Plants described in 1769 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Brassicales-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bistorta Vivipara
''Bistorta vivipara'' (synonym ''Persicaria vivipara'') is a perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the knotweed and buckwheat family Polygonaceae, commonly known as alpine bistort. Scientific synonyms include ''Bistorta vivipara'' and ''Polygonum viviparum''. It is common all over the high Arctic through Europe, North America, incl. Greenland, and temperate and tropical Asia. Its range stretches further south in high mountainous areas such as the Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees, Caucasus, Alaska and the Tibetan Plateau. Taxonomy Molecular phylogenetic work has demonstrated that the genus ''Bistorta'' represents a distinct lineage within the family Polygonaceae. The genus ''Bistorta'' contains at least 42 accepted species. Description Alpine bistort is a perennial herb that grows to tall. It has a thick rhizomatous rootstock and an erect, unbranched, hairless stem. The leaves are hairless on the upper surfaces, but hairy and greyish-green below. The basal ones are longish-ellipt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asplenium Bulbiferum
''Asplenium bulbiferum'', known as mother spleenwort, is a fern species native to New Zealand only. It is also called hen and chicken fern and, in the Māori language, pikopiko, mouku or mauku. Its fronds are eaten as a vegetable. It grows small bulbils on top of its fronds. Once grown to about , these offspring fall off and, provided the soil they land in is kept moist, develop a root system and grow into new ferns. This additional means of reproduction can be employed with greater ease than propagation by spores. There are a number of similar Southern Hemisphere species which have a similar mode of reproduction, including '' Asplenium daucifolium''. ''Asplenium bulbiferum'' commonly grows in most bush areas in New Zealand. It thrives in many situations from shade to partial sunlight. Similar species It is often confused with '' Asplenium gracillimum'' which is a fern species native to both New Zealand and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
