AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -rhizome, also called creeping rootstalk, horizontal underground plant stem capable of producing the shoot and root systems of a new plant. Rhizomes are used to store starches and proteins and enable plants to perennate (survive an annual unfavourable season) underground.

Detailed explanation-2: -A rhizome (also known as rootstocks) is a type of plant stem situated either at the soil surface or underground that contains nodes from which roots and shoots originate (shown below). Rhizomes are unique in that they grow perpendicular, permitting new shoots to grow up out of the ground.

Detailed explanation-3: -Plants with Rhizome Systems Plants that have rhizomes include poplars, bamboos, ginger, turmeric, lotus, and many types of ferns.

Detailed explanation-4: -A rhizome is a segmented, subterranean, modified stem arising from an adventitious bud in the crown zone. Rhizomes may occur on cool and warm season grasses and may be determinate or indeterminate. Determinate rhizomes are short and turn upward to form a new aerial shoot (rhizome daughter plant).