Английская Википедия:Caudex

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Файл:Dicksonia antarctica (Tasmanian Fern Tree).jpg
The caudex of a tree fern resembles the trunk of a woody plant, but has a different structure.
Файл:Jatropha cathartica2 ies.jpg
The caudex of Jatropha cathartica is pachycaul, with thickening that provides water storage.

A caudex (Шаблон:Plural form: caudices) of a plant is a stem,[1] but the term is also used to mean a rootstock[2] and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth arises.[3]

In the strict sense of the term, meaning a stem, "caudex" is most often used with plants that have a different stem morphology from the typical angiosperm dicotyledon stem:[1] examples of this include palms, ferns, and cycads.

The related term caudiciform, literally meaning stem-like, is sometimes used to mean pachycaul, thick-stemmed.[3]

Etymology

The term is from the Latin caudex, a noun meaning "tree trunk".[2][4]

See also

References

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