Most photosynthesis is performed by highly modified, leaf-like short shoots called " phylloclades "; these are arranged alternately, 10-15 on a shoot, the individual phylloclades rhombic, 1.5-2.5 cm long.
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Most photosynthesis is performed by highly modified, leaf-like short shoots called " phylloclades "; these are arranged alternately, 10-15 on a shoot, the individual phylloclades rhombic, 1.5-2.5 cm long.
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Most species have photosynthetic flattened stems, called phylloclades, instead of true leaves . " Asparagus officinalis ", " Asparagus schoberioides ", and " Asparagus cochinchinensis " are dioecious species, with male and female flowers on separate plants.
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For example, Hirayama et al . ( 2007 ) showed that the phylloclade of " Ruscus aculeata " " is not homologous to either the shoot or the leaf, but that it has a double organ identity, " which means that it combines shoot and leaf processes.
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In one definition, phylloclades are a subset of cladodes, namely those that greatly resemble or perform the function of leaves, as in Butcher's broom ( " Ruscus aculeatus " ) as well as " Phyllanthus " and some " Asparagus " species.
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The menispermaceae predominantly inhabit low altitude tropical forests ( up to 2, 100m ), where they are climbers, but some genera and species have adapted to arid locations ( " Antizoma " species have adapted to the South African deserts or " Cocculus balfouri " and its phylloclades have adapted to the climate on the island of Socotra ) and other temperate climates.
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He was author of " The Cactus Book, " published in 1931 by the Macmillan Company He was said to have discovered a " purple orange " in 1911, and he " boasted he was one of the few persons who could grow orchids in an open flower bed . " " Kalanchoe " ?" houghtoni "'Pink Butterflies'has pink plantlets on its phylloclades.
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The subfamily contains only two genera, " Asparagus " with some 160 290 species, and " Hemiphylacus " with five species . ( " Hemiphylacus " used to be placed in the Asphodeloideae / Asphodelaceae . ) They are distributed in Europe, Africa and Asia, with a few species in Australasia and Mexico . " Asparagus " has small paper-like ( scarious ) leaves at the base of leaf-like branches which act as the photosynthetic organs ( phylloclades ).
