What is Corm?
{{distinguish|corn}} [[File:Colocasia esculenta dsc07801.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[Taro]] corms for sale in a [[Réunion]] market]] A '''corm''' is a modified [[plant stem]] some plants use as a storage [[organ]] or for [[hibernation]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=corm {{!}} Description, Functions, & Examples|url=https://www.britannica.com/science/corm|access-date=2020-09-20|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> Corms are structurally [[plant stem]]s, and can produce roots. On the top of the corm, one or a few buds grow into shoots that produce normal leaves and flowers. Some plants with corms regularly replace their older corms with a [[stack]] of younger ones. In other species their corms simply grow larger in most [[season]]<nowiki/>s. Yet others split when multiple buds or [[stolon]]s on a large corm sprout independently. Corms can be dug up and used to multiply or redistribute the [[plant]] (see, for example, [[taro]]). Plants with corms generally can be [[propagated]] by cutting the corms into sections and replanting. == Examples == Plants that form corms include the following [[species]]: * [[Alismataceae]] ** ''[[Sagittaria]]'' spp. (arrowhead or wapatoo) * [[Araceae]] ** ''[[Alocasia macrorrhizos]]'' (giant taro) ** ''[[Amorphophallus paeoniifolius]]'' (elephant foot yam) ** ''[[Arisaema]]'' ** ''[[Colocasia esculenta]]'' ([[taro]]) ** ''[[Cyrtosperma merkusii]]'' (giant swarm taro) ** ''[[Xanthosoma]]'' (malanga, cocoyam, tannia, and other names) * [[Asparagaceae]] ** ''[[Bessera]]'' ** ''[[Brodiaea]]'' ** ''[[Dichelostemma]]'' ** ''[[Milla]]'' ** ''[[Tecophilaea]]'' * [[Asteraceae]] ** ''[[Liatris]]'' * [[Colchicaceae]]'' ** ''[[Colchicum]]'' * [[Cyperaceae]] ** ''[[Eleocharis dulcis]]'' (Chinese water chestnut) * [[Iridaceae]] ** ''[[Crocosmia]]'' (''[[Montbretia]]'') ** [[Crocus]]es, ** ''[[Dierama]]'' ** ''[[Freesia]]'' ** ''[[Gladiolus]]'' ** Some species of [[Iris (plant)|irises]] ** ''[[Romulea]]'' * [[Musaceae]] ** [[Banana]]s <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.asp