MONORHYTHMIC SYSTEMS OF SHOOTS IN CONIFERS
Journal: Byulleten Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody Otdel Biologicheskii
Year: 2024

Shoot systems forming within one period of growth outside the bud, have been studied using collections of conifers in Russian botanic gardens. For the 42 genera of contemporary Pinopsida, different structure types with varying position of lateral buds or shoots, the ratio of the length of the lateral shoot and the overlying part of the maternal one, the order of branching of silleptic shoots, the presence or absence of various specialized vegetative shoots is considered. To denote such systems,