A caudex (pl.: caudices) of a plant is a stem, but the term is also used to mean a rootstock and particularly a basal stem structure from which new growth...

Appius Claudius Caudex (fl. 264 BC) was a Roman politician. He was the younger brother of Appius Claudius Caecus, and served as consul in 264 BC. In that...

with pachycaul (disproportionately large) stems and a stout, swollen basal caudex (a rootstock that protrudes from the soil). The leaves are spirally arranged...

divided on whether to help. A supporter of war, the consul Appius Claudius Caudex, turned to one of the popular assemblies to get a favourable vote by promising...

foot" from the appearance of its large, partially buried, tuberous stem or caudex, which grows very slowly but often reaches a considerable size, often more...

18 meters (40 to 60 feet). This upper growth springs up from a tuberous caudex which, according to Everett "may occupy a circle sixty feet [18 meters]...

Political offices Preceded by Appius Claudius Caudex Marcus Fulvius Flaccus Roman consul with Manius Otacilius Crassus 263 BC Succeeded by Lucius Postumius...

from living tissues remaining on or under the ground, including roots, a caudex (a thickened portion of the stem at ground level) or various types of underground...

fleshy modified leaves that enclose a bud for the next season's growth Caudex, a form of stem modification similar in appearance to a tuber Corm, modified...

plants containing three species. The Jepsonia is a perennial with a cormlike caudex, toothed leaves, and a cyme inflorescence that blooms in the fall. Jepsonia...

areas of East and Southern Africa. It produces a distinctively flattened caudex, often with lobes that spread out. The creeping shoots grow throughout most...

cutting. Cutting-grown plants do not tend to develop a desirable thick caudex as quickly as seed-grown plants. The sap of Adenium boehmianum, A. multiflorum...

Greco-Roman world by the 6th century. The word codex comes from the Latin word caudex, meaning "trunk of a tree", "block of wood" or "book". The codex began to...

berries with ellipsoid seeds. Closeup of leaves and caudex of Calibanus hookeri Detail of corky bark of caudex of Calibanus hookeri Calibanus glassianus L.Hern...

submerged in fresh water. They may have a taproot or a sometimes woody caudex that may have few or many branches, some have thin or tuberous rhizomes...

Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caudex and Flaccus (or, less frequently, year 490 Ab urbe condita). The denomination...

Aloe in appearance, but with soft, fleshy leaves and tuberous roots or a caudex. They are shrubs, weedy perennials, dwarf geophytes (including Bulbine lolita...

perennial growing to 15 feet 6 inches (4.72 m) with a noticeable expanded caudex, for storing water. The single palm-like stem produces terminal tufts of...

talus. This is a mat-forming perennial herb growing from a thick, woody caudex and system of rhizomes. Leaves are mostly located at ground level, the toothed...

dome-shaped caudex with a thick, woody outer layer up to 3 feet (90 cm) in diameter and 8–10 inches (20 to 25 cm) in height. The caudex of D. mexicana...

or tip, e.g. a drip tip. Contrast acuminate, cuspidate, and mucronate. caudex The stem of a plant, especially a woody one; also used to mean a rootstock...

Pachypodium densiflorum grows from a sizeable, fleshy basal caudex. Shoots growing from the caudex are regularly branched and spiny at the youngest parts....

swollen storage organ is wholly underground, but will include plants with a caudex, that is a swollen above-ground organ at soil level, formed from a stem...

somewhat leathery in appearance. Growth form is squat and fat, with a definite caudex and without much differentiation between trunk and branches. Bark may appear...

habitat. It is an evergreen perennial growing from a thick taproot and caudex unit. It produces a basal rosette of many thick, fleshy oval- or spoon-shaped...

Calibanus hookeri forms a large caudex which has been known to reach diameters and heights of up to 2.6 feet. Atop the caudex sprouts extremely narrow greyish-green...

mother is not known, but he had a much younger brother, Appius Claudius Caudex, who became consul in 264, four years after Caecus' elder son. Since Caecus'...

Singapore. It is a myrmecophyte as ants live in its tuber, also known as a caudex, and pollinate its flowers. It resides in open-canopied areas, rainforests...

many species of e.g. Banksia or Eucalyptus regrow from a lignotuber or caudex. heavily grazed or overgrazed ecosystems, such as tortoise turf The term...

above ground swollen and thickened caudex with a diameter up to 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in). On the top of the caudex emerge some vine-like stems with green...