clonal_spread_mechanism

Label: Clonal spread mechanism
Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030511
Type: categorical
Definition: A plant structure morphology trait [TO:0000839] which is the mechanism [NCIT:C25343] plants use for clonal growth [EnvThes:21032] (asexual reproduction [GO:0019954]) or for regeneration [GO:0031099] after a disturbance event [EnvThes:20373];Mechanisms and structures (tissues, organs, or other structures) a plant uses to spread vegetatively, including the production of clones.
Additional comments: See `vegetative_reproduction_ability` for a binary description of whether a plant can spread vegetatively. There are two other traits with overlapping trait values, but that are distinct trait concepts: `storage_organ` indicates the plant structures where a plant stores excess carbohydrates; these organs may or may not facilitate clonal spread; `bud_bank_location` indicates the location of meristematic tissue (buds) that allow regeneration following a disturbance or after an annual unfavourable season.

Allowed values:

value	description
aboveground_clonal	Vegetative buds or plant fragments that can disperse and produce new plants (including axillary buds, bulbils and turions).
adventitious_roots	Adventitious roots can form at nodes on the main roots or aboveground from nodes on stems.
belowground_clonal	Plants use an unspecified underground organ for clonal spread.
bulb	Below ground storage organ derived from stem (and sometimes leaf) tissue, that divides into new individuals.
corm	Below ground organ derived from stem tissue that can function either for vegetative spread or to regenerate following a disturbance.
non_clonal	Plant does not display clonal growth.
rhizome	Plant has an underground stem that has stem buds and forms adventitious roots at nodes; this stem may be woody or non-woody. Rhizomes are both a mechanism for vegetative spread and a strategy to survive fire.
root_buds	Root buds that produce vertical suckers.
root_tuber	A swollen root that functions as a storage organ and has buds that allow clonal growth.
stem_tuber	A swollen underground stem that functions as a storage organ and has buds that allow clonal growth.
stolon	Plants having horizontal branches (stems) from the base of the plant that produce new plants from buds at its tip or nodes.
viviparous	Plant produces clonal offspring that grow while still attached to the parent plant.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0030511) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 1,976 records. This includes: