A storage organ is a part of a Divisions Green algae land plants (embryophytes) non-vascular embryophytes Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses vascular plants (tracheophytes) seedless vascular plants Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongue ferns seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering...plant specifically modified for storage of energy (generally in the form of Starch is a complex carbohydrate which is insoluble in water. ...starch) or Drinking water This article focuses on water as we experience it every day. ...water. Storage organs often grow underground, where they are better protected from attack. Underground storage organs are called geophytes.

Because of their high energy content, plants that produce storage organs are a major class of human food crops and are often A staple food is a basic but nutritious food that forms the basis of a traditional diet, particularly that of the poor. ...staple foods. Major examples include the Binomial name Solanum tuberosum L. The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, grown for its starchy tuber. ...potato (a A tuber is a part of a rhizome thickened for use as a storage organ, usually, though not always, subterranean, such as a potato. ...tuber), Binomial name Ipomoea batatas Linnaeus, The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) is a crop plant whose large, starchy, sweet_tasting tuberous roots are an important root vegetable. ...sweet potato (a A tuberous root is a modified lateral root, enlarged for storage. ...tuberous root) and This Taro is the Tahitian word. ...taro (a A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). ...corm).

The main classes of storage organs are:

• A bulb is an underground vertical shoot that has modified leaves (or thickened leaf bases) that are used as food storage organs by a dormant plant. ...Bulb
• A corm is a short, vertical, swollen underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as summer drought and heat (estivation). ...Corm
• A tuber is a part of a rhizome thickened for use as a storage organ, usually, though not always, subterranean, such as a potato. ...Tuber
• In botany, a rhizome is a horizontal, usually underground stem of a plant that often sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. ...Rhizome
• A tuberous root is a modified lateral root, enlarged for storage. ...Tuberous root
• Storage A plants taproot is a straight tapering root that grows vertically down. ...taproot
• Storage Hypocotyl is a botanical term for a part of a germinating seedling of a seed plant. ...hypocotyl
• The pseudobulb is a storage organ derived from the part of a stem between two leaf nodes. ...Pseudobulb

See also

Root vegetables, broadly speaking, are plants whose the underground parts (generally storage organs) are used as food. ...Root vegetable