Resprouter

*Banksia attenuata* resprouting from epicormic buds following a bushfire source ↗

Resprouters are plant species that are adapted to survive fire by the activation of dormant vegetative buds to produce regrowth.¹

Plants may resprout from a bud bank that can be located in different places, including in the trunk or major branches (epicormic shoots) or in belowground structures like lignotubers, bulbs, and other structures.²

Resprouters characterize chaparral, fynbos, kwongan, savanna and other landscapes that experience periodic fires.

References

Knox, Kirsten J. E., Morrison, David A. (2005). "Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae". Austral Ecology. 3 (2): 407–413. Bibcode:2005AusEc..30..407K. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01482.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Pausas, Juli G.; Lamont, Byron B.; Paula, Susana; Appezzato-da-Glória, Beatriz; Fidelis, Alessandra (March 2018). "Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems". New Phytologist. 217 (4): 1435–1448. Bibcode:2018NewPh.217.1435P. doi:10.1111/nph.14982. hdl:10261/183163. PMID 29334401.

[Knox-1] Knox, Kirsten J. E., Morrison, David A. (2005). "Effects of inter-fire intervals on the reproductive output of resprouters and obligate seeders in the Proteaceae". Austral Ecology. 3 (2): 407–413. Bibcode:2005AusEc..30..407K. doi:10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01482.x.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Pausas, Juli G.; Lamont, Byron B.; Paula, Susana; Appezzato-da-Glória, Beatriz; Fidelis, Alessandra (March 2018). "Unearthing belowground bud banks in fire-prone ecosystems". New Phytologist. 217 (4): 1435–1448. Bibcode:2018NewPh.217.1435P. doi:10.1111/nph.14982. hdl:10261/183163. PMID 29334401.

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