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  2. Aerial root - Wikipedia

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    Aerial roots are roots growing above the ground. They are often adventitious, i.e. formed from nonroot tissue. They are found in diverse plant species, including epiphytes such as orchids (Orchidaceae), tropical coastal swamp trees such as mangroves, banyan figs (Ficus subg. Urostigma), the warm-temperate rainforest rata (Metrosideros robusta ...

  3. Root - Wikipedia

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    Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. ... Aerating roots (or knee root or knee or pneumatophores): roots rising above the ground, ...

  4. Pneumatode - Wikipedia

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    Pneumatode. In botany, pneumatodes are air-containing structures in plant roots. [1] Their function is to allow gaseous exchange in root tissues. This can be beneficial to semi-aquatic plants, such as neo-tropical palms. [2] Plants with photosynthetic roots, such as epiphytic orchids like Dendrophylax lindenii also possess these structures.

  5. Siphonophorae - Wikipedia

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    They function to help the colonies maintain their orientation in water. [6] In the cystonectae subgroup, the pneumatophores have an additional function of assisting with flotation of the organisms. [6] The siphonophores exhibiting the feature develop the structure in early larval development via invaginations of the flattened planula structure. [6]

  6. Mangrove - Wikipedia

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    Mangroves are hardy shrubs and trees that thrive in salt water and have specialised adaptations so they can survive the volatile energies of intertidal zones along marine coasts. A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows mainly in coastal saline or brackish water. Mangroves grow in an equatorial climate, typically along coastlines and tidal rivers.

  7. Fact-checking 'Conclave': How accurate is the pope movie ...

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    "We were given a private tour of the Vatican, and they were quite welcoming, actually, quite helpful," says "Conclave" screenwriter Peter Straughan. "So it was a big research project, really.

  8. Aerenchyma - Wikipedia

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    Aerenchyma or aeriferous parenchyma [1] or lacunae, is a modification of the parenchyma to form a spongy tissue that creates spaces or air channels in the leaves, stems and roots of some plants, which allows exchange of gases between the shoot and the root. [2] The channels of air-filled cavities (see image to right) provide a low-resistance ...

  9. Meet the Earthshot Prize Finalist Replacing Plastic With Plants

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    The answer is quite simple: Plants. Using ingredients from vegetation and trees like cellulose, natural rubber, vegetable oils and mineral filler, NFW then puts them through a recipe process ...