Vivipary
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thumb|Watsonia meriana, near the end of flowering, has [[cormlets that eventually drop and root.]] thumb|Red mangrove seeds germinate while still on the parent tree. thumb|Vivipary in overripe tomato
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Within Vinony's link graph, Vivipary is referenced by 31 other articles, and connects out to seed, Artocarpus heterophyllus and digital object identifier.
Vinony files it under Asexual reproduction, Cloning and Plant reproduction.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- plant reproduction
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- viviparity
- Commons category
- Plant viviparity
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Reproduction
- Pseudovivipary
- See also
- References
thumb|Watsonia meriana, near the end of flowering, has [[cormlets that eventually drop and root.]] thumb|Red mangrove seeds germinate while still on the parent tree. thumb|Vivipary in overripe tomato
In plants, vivipary occurs when seeds or embryos begin to develop before they detach from the parent. Plants such as some Iridaceae and Agavoideae grow cormlets in the axils of their inflorescences. These fall and in favourable circumstances they have effectively a whole season's start over fallen seeds. Similarly, some Crassulaceae, such as Bryophyllum, develop and drop plantlets from notches in their leaves, ready to grow. Such production of embryos from somatic tissues is asexual vegetative reproduction that amounts to cloning.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vivipary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.