Transverse stem - Ousokei

Japanese: 横走茎 - おうそうけい
Transverse stem - Ousokei

…The fact that tubers and bulbs are modified stems can be seen from the fact that they have buds. Long, creeping lateral stems underground are also underground stems, and are special organs for vegetative reproduction. For example, the cycads that grow in colonies near riverbanks actively send out lateral stems from upright stems, which then become upright at the tips and emerge above ground. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "transverse stems" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…塊茎や鱗茎が茎の変形であることは芽を備えていることからわかる。地中を長くはう横走茎も地下茎の一つであり,栄養繁殖を行うための特別の器官である。例えば,川岸近くに群生するクサソテツは直立茎からさかんに横走茎を出し,先端が直立になって地上部が出る。…

※「横走茎」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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