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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Annals of Botany Company 2019. This work is written by (a) US Government employee(s) and is in the public domain in the US.
Below-ground bud-bearing organs. Buds can occur on roots or stems and in some cases leaf peripheries. Axillary and apical buds only occur on below-ground and above-ground stems and adventitious buds usually occur on roots.