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“Adventitious root” is a term commonly used in the botanical literature. Various kinds of adventitious roots have been reviewed recently with regard to their origin and terminology (Bennnie, 1991; 1994; Haissig and Davis, 1994). According to Esau (1977) the term is applied to roots that arise on the aerial parts of plants, on underground stems, on parts of old root, and in places which have been injured. Fahn (1982) adopted a similar definition. Such a definition seems to be too broad (Barlow 1986, Groff and Kaplan 1988, Haissig and Davis 1994, and Barlow 1994). Barlow (1986) suggests the term “shootborne root” for roots developing from shoots, “rootborne shoot” to those shoots which sprout from roots, and reserves “adventitious root” for roots which regrow in place of lost or destroyed parts or organs (Haissig and Davis, 1994). The adventitious roots of grasses which develop from nodes are “nodal roots” (Bell, 1991).
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Danin, A. (1997). Shootborne Roots — An Adaptive Organ for Plants of Sand Dunes. In: Altman, A., Waisel, Y. (eds) Biology of Root Formation and Development. Basic Life Sciences, vol 65. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5403-5_44
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