Plantlet
Young or small plant
A plantlet is a young or small plant, produced on the leaf margins or the aerial stems of another plant.
Some plants, such as spider plants, grow stolons with plantlets on the ends as a form of asexual reproduction. Vegetative propagules or clippings of mature plants may form plantlets. Examples of plantlets budding from leaf or stem tissue may be found in several species known as mother of thousands. Kalanchoe daigremontiana forms somatic embryos on its leaf margins that germinate into deciduous juvenile plants before falling from the parent and growing independently.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Plantlet”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Bryophyllum daigremontianum nahaufnahme2.jpg by Photographer: CrazyD, 26 Octobre 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Chlorophytum comosum Ampel.jpg by Florian Wickern, CC BY-SA 4.0
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.
