Assimilation root

Japanese: assimilation root(英語表記)assimilationroot
Assimilation root

… The adhesive roots of epiphytes and the adventitious roots of tree ferns are also types of aerial roots. Roots that acquire chlorophyll in the air are called assimilation roots. In some species of the Podostemaceae family, the leaves degenerate and the roots become flat and leaf-like, becoming assimilation organs, but in many cases the leaves and stems assimilate, and the roots also assimilate to a small extent in the air. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "assimilation root" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 着生植物の付着のためのもの(付着根adhesive root)や木生シダの幹につく不定根も,気根の一型である。空気中で根が葉緑素をもつようになったものを同化根assimilation rootという。カワゴケソウ科の1種のように,葉が退化してなくなり,根が扁平で葉のような姿をとって同化器官になるものもあるが,葉や茎が同化をするうえに,根も空気中でわずかながら同化するというものも多い。…

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