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Survival of dried turions of aquatic plants
Adamec, Lubomír
Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 37(2):52-56
Published 29 May 2008
https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn372.la273
Summary
Aquatic carnivorous plants in the genera Aldrovanda and Utricularia produce turions: dormant, overwintering buds modified into storage organs. Turions are durable, partly frost-tolerant organs which usually overwinter in shallow water close to the bottom, below ice cover. However, in some species turions overwinter also above the water surface in the terrestrial ecophase, on wet organic soil.
Keywords: ecology: Aldrovanda, Utricularia
Article Citation
Adamec, Lubomír. 2008. Survival of dried turions of aquatic plants. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 37(2):52-56. https://doi.org/10.55360/cpn372.la273
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