Stolons?

[Eric Gouda]

I get my Arisaema-L messages Digest, so maybe there is already said more
about it?!

>Date:    Thu, 24 Dec 1998 07:28:05 +1030
>From:    Greg Ruckert <greg at EZI-LEARN.COM.AU>
>Subject: Stolons?
>
>A quick check of the web revealled only one definition source.
>
>Dictionary  of Life Science Technology:
>stolon
>Author: Mirrored from Jim Croft's Flora of Australia
>Definition:
>A ground-lying or trailing stem that produces roots at the nodes.

I think we have to add something here "rooting at the nodes or at the tip
and giving rise to new plant", but the main thing is that it is "creeping
along the ground" (Harris, J.G. & M.W. 1994).

So we must say "Rhizomatous" in stead of "Stoloniferous" (a horizontal
underground stem; rootstock).

It would be better to use this term, but in some groups teminology is used
consistently wrong, but we know what is ment. Before you know, you are doing
it yourself.

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