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Dynamic shoot morphology in root-climbing Araceae: Philodendron rudgeanum SCHOTT and Ph. fragrantissimum (HOOK.) G.DoN With 1 I Figures and 5 Tables S u m m a r y Shoot organization, branching patterns and growth cycle were studied in natural populations of two herbaceous, root-climbing lianas, philodendron rudgeanurn and Ph. fragrantissirnum, occurring in remnant areas of moist tropical forest in the Brazilian States of Pernambuco and Alagoas. The shoot architecture of both species is based on a repeating pattern of primary modules, each involving the successive transformation of flagelliform shoots into stolons and then root-climbers. Significant differences in the detailed modular construction of the two species were also observed. A comparision of the two species is made with Monstera adansonii var. klotzschiana, growing in the same habitat.

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