Plantlet
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Plantlets are young or small plant
s used as propagule
s. They are usually grown from clippings of mature plants. Many plants such as spider plants naturally create stolons with plantlets on the ends as a form of asexual reproduction
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Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
s used as propagule
Propagule
In horticulture, a propagule is any plant material used for the purpose of plant propagation. In asexual reproduction, a propagule may be a woody, semi-hardwood, or softwood cutting, leaf section, or any number of other plant parts. In sexual reproduction, a propagule is a seed or spore...
s. They are usually grown from clippings of mature plants. Many plants such as spider plants naturally create stolons with plantlets on the ends as a form of asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction
Asexual reproduction is a mode of reproduction by which offspring arise from a single parent, and inherit the genes of that parent only, it is reproduction which does not involve meiosis, ploidy reduction, or fertilization. A more stringent definition is agamogenesis which is reproduction without...
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External links
- http://www.freedmanplantlets.org - Houston plantlet sharing website and information