Scientific Name Monocot or Dicot Types of Root System Modification (if any) Function(s) Zea mays Monocot Adventitious Root System,     Vanda sp. Monocot Adventitious Root System Aerial Roots or Epiphytic Roots Utilized for their attachment in tree branches. Cucurbita maxima         Raphanus sativus         Paspalum conjugatum         Dioscorea fasciculata         Pachyrhizus erosus         Bryophyllum sp.         Opuntia sp.         Ipomea batatas         Daucus carota         Saccharum officinarum         Allium cepa

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Scientific Name

Monocot or Dicot

Types of Root System

Modification

(if any)

Function(s)

Zea mays

Monocot

Adventitious Root System,

 

 

Vanda sp.

Monocot

Adventitious Root System

Aerial Roots or Epiphytic Roots

Utilized for their attachment in tree branches.

Cucurbita maxima

 

 

 

 

Raphanus sativus

 

 

 

 

Paspalum conjugatum

 

 

 

 

Dioscorea fasciculata

 

 

 

 

Pachyrhizus erosus

 

 

 

 

Bryophyllum sp.

 

 

 

 

Opuntia sp.

 

 

 

 

Ipomea batatas

 

 

 

 

Daucus carota

 

 

 

 

Saccharum officinarum

 

 

 

 

Allium cepa

 

 

 

 

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