Lateral branches with short internodes and each nodes bearing a rosette of leaves above and a tuft of roots below is found in aquatic plants like Pistia and Eichhornia. These lateral branches are called
Suckers
Offsets
Stolons
Rhizome
Related Questions
In Bougainvillea thorns are the modifications of
Leaf
Stipules
Adventitious root
Stem
The stem is the …A… part of the axis bears branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. It develops from the …B… part of embryo of germinating seeds. Complete the given statement by choosing appropriate options for A and B
A-descending; B-radicle
A-radicle; B-descending
A-ascending; B-plumule
A-plumule; B-ascending
In plants like Asparagus, the needle-like structures that perform photosynthesis are modified:
Stems
Leaves
Roots
Flowers
When axillary buds or terminal buds of stem gets modified into woody straight and pointed structure, it is known as
Thorns
Tendrils
Nodes
Internodes
In banana, pineapple and Chrysanthemum, the lateral branches originate from the basal and underground portion of main stem and then come obliquely upward giving rise to leafy shoots
These branches are called
Runner
Corm
Bulb
Sucker
A potato tuber consists of 15 eyes, then the number of nodes and internodes respectively are
14,15
15,16
15,14
14,16
Phylloclades are
Green, photosynthetic, succulent stems of indefinite growth
One internode long stems
Leaf modifications
None of the above
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a rhombus?
All sides are equal.
Opposite angles are equal.
Diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
Diagonals are equal in length.
Stems are
Positively phototropic
Negatively geotropic
Negatively hydrotropic
All of the above
Stems modified into flat green organs performing the functions of leaves are known as:
Cladodes
Phyllodes
Phylloclades
Scales
