ramet
- noun
- /ˈræmɪt/
- Specialized
- As a result, individual plants that arise from seed (genets) have the capacity to form large clones comprising many often physiologically disconnected shoots (ramets).
- aspen ramets
Examples
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In a clonal colony, each ramet is genetically identical and can survive independently.
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The forest is thriving with many aspen ramets that can grow into separate trees.
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Number of ramets
Academic text (2012) -
Number of genets/ramets
Academic text (2012) -
By Carlos Ramet
Fiction book (1996) -
This synthesis allows the many variables influencing aspen ramet regeneration to be compared at a regional scale.
Academic text (2002) -
However, ramets (vegetatively produced progeny) are not always genetically identical to the parent (see below).
Academic text (1996) -
Management efforts should initially focus on identifying those processes that operate at rapid speed (such as elk migration, elk movement, and aspen ramet regeneration).
Academic text (2002) -
This trophic cascade effect may have resulted in the absence of major aspen ramet recruitment since the early 1900s in Yellowstone and possibly in other parks.
Academic text (2002) -
However, variation within clones is still relatively high because somatic mutations may accumulate in aspen ramets over time, increasing variability beyond what might otherwise be expected for a clonal species.
Academic text (2002)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ramet comes from the Latin word ramus meaning 'branch' and the French ending -et meaning 'small', so it literally means a 'little branch'. That's why a ramet is a single plant part in a larger clonal group that can break off and grow on its own.
