Biology:Xylopodium
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A xylopodium is an underground storage growth which is multibranched and may cover a circle 9 metres (30 ft) diameter.[1] They differ from lignotubers which are more compact in form, like a tuber. They are most common in the cerrados of Brazil even including a monocot (Smilax goyazana),[1] but the mallee roots of Australia are more like xylopodia than lignotubers sensu stricto.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Paulo S. Oliveira, ed (2002). The Cerrados of Brazil. New York: Columbia Univ. Press. pp. 96, 128-129, 132. ISBN 0-231-12042-7.
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