por Some asexually reproducing plants are strawberries, kalanchoe, tulips, dandelion, potato or cypress Cupressus dupreziana. Asexual reproduction in plants is a process by which plants reproduce without the need for gametes. In this case, there is no need for two cell types from different individuals.
Asexual reproduction allows the offspring to be very similar to the plant that generates it and requires many fewer processes than sexual reproduction.
There are mainly two mechanisms of asexual reproduction in plants. The first is apomixis, which consists of reproduction by seeds. The second is vegetative reproduction, which consists of the formation of new individuals by meiosis (without the formation of spores or seeds being necessary).
Plants that reproduce asexually are very numerous. In fact, it is estimated that most plants reproduce through this process.
Some of the plants that reproduce asexually
Strawberries
Strawberries can reproduce both sexually and asexually. Asexual reproduction has been found to require about 8 times less effort for the plant than sexual reproduction.
The asexual reproduction of strawberries occurs through vegetative reproduction.
the kalanchoe
The kalanchoe is a plant traditionally recognized for its anticancer properties.
Like strawberries, it can also be reproduced by means of vegetative reproduction from seedlings or leftover leaves.
The tulips
Tulips are usually very long and bright flowering plants. Its asexual reproduction is due to the vegetative reproduction mechanism through bulbs.
These bulbs are fleshy stems that are buried in the ground and from which new plants sprout.
Lion teeth
Dandelions are plants that reproduce asexually through apomixis, that is, by means of spores.
Since the embryo contained in the gamete is formed without undergoing meiosis, the offspring of dandelions are identical to the plant that originated them.
Cypress Cupressus dupreziana
This cypress reproduces asexually by a male apomixis. The cypress produces diploid pollen grains that form an embryo upon reaching the cones of the female of another cypress.
There are few plants that, like this one, carry out male apomixis.
Dad
The potato is a plant that has underground stems or tubers. In the tubers you can find germ cells that allow the asexual reproduction of the potato.
Dahlia
This perennial plant, close to other plants such as sunflower and chrysanthemum.
It reproduces asexually through vegetative reproduction by thick tubers similar to those of potatoes.
brachiaria
It is a genus of plants that belong to the grass family and is very common in tropical areas. Its asexual reproduction occurs through apomixis.
panicum
This genus of grasses are common in tropical regions. Like brachiaria, they reproduce asexually also through apomixis.
Cenchus
This herbaceous plant also reproduces by means of apomixis. It is common to find it in temperate and tropical areas of the world.
Ginger
This plant of Asian origin is cultivated asexually by cultivating rhizomes in tropical areas.
Garlic
Garlic reproduces asexually through clove bulbs that are planted directly in the ground.
Bad mother
The also known as tape reproduces from hanging stolons that appear from its bushes. These are usually separated for later root development to take place.
spikelet
The Poa pratensis It reproduces from the separation by the rhizomes and the serpents. The shoots obtained appear during spring and summer.