Genet
A genet (from Greek γενεά geneá , German 'descent' ) is a term used in botany to describe a collective of plants (or fungi ) that are or were connected underground, for example via a rhizome (or mycelium ). The plants seem to be independent, but actually originated through vegetative reproduction and form a clone (cf. English clonal colony as a synonym for genet ).
As Ramet is called a "Klongeschwister", ie the smallest viable unit of Genet. The terms Genet and Ramet are to be understood in the context of each other. All ramets of the same origin form the entirety of a clone.
According to this, a strawberry mother plant with its runners is a gene , all of its offshoots are ramets and together form a clone. The same is true, for example, of a vegetable or tulip onion and its descendants, which are the result of the daughter onions .
These terms are used particularly in current research in order to be able to clearly characterize vegetatively developed individuals and their precursors. For example, the trees of an entire forest can be ramets of a single gene, such as Pando . A large part of the individuals in grass stocks can also be based on vegetative reproduction ( dividing formation ).
See also
literature
- Cook, Robert E .: Clonal plant populations . In: American Scientist . tape 7 1 , no. 3 , 1983, p. 244-253 , JSTOR : 27852011 .
- Kricher, JC, & Morrison, G. (1988). A Field Guide to Eastern Forests , pp. 19-20. Peterson Field Guide Series. ISBN 0-395-35346-7 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Spektrum.de: Genet , Lexicon of Biology
- ↑ a b Tiiu Kull: Genet and ramet dynamics of Cypripedium calceolus in different habitats , in: Abstracta Botanica, Volume 19, Special volume: Clonality in Plant Communities — Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Clonal Plants, Visegrád, Hungary , 18.– 22nd April 1995, pp. 95-104
- ↑ Spektrum.de: Ramet , Lexicon of Biology
- ↑ Spektrum.de: Dividuenbildung , Lexikon der Biologie