Cryptophytes Cryptophyte geophyte Below ground or under water - with resting buds lying either beneath the surface of the ground as a rhizome, bulb, corm, etc., or a resting bud submerged under water. Cryptophytes are divided into 3 groups: Geophytes Resting in dry ground, e.g. crocus, tulip. May be further subdivided into rhizome, stem-tuber, root-tuber, bulb and root geophytes. Helophytes Resting in marshy ground, e.g. reedmace, marsh-marigold. Hydrophytes Resting by being submerged under water, e.g. water-lily, frogbit.
Posted on: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 06:48:59 +0000
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