Plant life-form schemes constitute a way of classifying plants alternatively to the ordinary species-genus-family scientific classification. In colloquial...

The Raunkiær system is a system for categorizing plants using life-form categories, devised by Danish botanist Christen C. Raunkiær and later extended...

of and topical guide to life forms: A life form (also spelled life-form or lifeform) is an entity that is living, such as plants (flora), animals (fauna)...

this article, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (green plants), which consists of the green algae and the embryophytes or land plants (hornworts, liverworts...

used to describe the particular physical canopy structure or plant life-form of woody plants which are less than 8 metres (26 ft) high and usually multiple...

Comics Universe Life Form (novel), a 2010 novel by Amélie Nothomb Plant life-form, systems for categorizing plants Raunkiær plant life-form, a system for...

on plant adaptations in dunes and salt marshes, while Raunkiær studied the morphology of Danish plants, eventually leading him to his plant life-form scheme...

life histories adapted to slow growth in a nutrient-poor environment with delayed reproductivity and reproductive cycle adaptations. The plant form is...

many species of carnivorous plants can be viewed as being pre-adapted to life on rocks. By consuming prey, these plants can gather more nutrients than...

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly...

The earliest known life forms on Earth may be as old as 4.1 billion years (or Ga) according to biologically fractionated graphite inside a single zircon...

dominate the seas making way for rapid diversity of life for both plant and animal lineages. Complex life quickly emerged and diversified in what is known...

List of freshwater aquarium plant species List of wetland plants Marine biology Plant community Raunkiær plant life-form Terrestrial animal Terrestrial...

from attack by herbivores. Plants that have an underground storage organ are called geophytes in the Raunkiær plant life-form classification system. Storage...

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form and external structure of plants. This is usually considered distinct from plant anatomy, which is the study of the internal structure of plants...

characteristics—as in the physiognomy of an individual plant (see plant life-form) or of a plant community (see vegetation). Physiognomy as a practice...

meaning 'upon', and phutón, meaning 'plant', is a plant or plant-like organism that grows on the surface of another plant and derives its moisture and nutrients...

life has yet been scientifically conclusively detected. Such life might range from simple forms such as prokaryotes to intelligent beings, possibly bringing...

include cushion plants. Raunkiær plant life-form Shrub Prostrate shrub Woody plant Harris, James G.; Harris, Melinda Woolf (2001). Plant identification...

life (also called mirror-image life) is a hypothetical form of life using mirror-reflected molecular building blocks. The possibility of mirror life was...

physical activities of plants associated with life. Chemicals obtained from the air, soil and water form the basis of all plant metabolism. The energy...

types of vegetation is based on structural characteristics based on plant life-form, as well as the height and foliage cover of the tallest stratum or...

or in common language. In its broadest sense, a tree is any plant with the general form of an elongated stem, or trunk, which supports the photosynthetic...

Plant Life Records was a record label that existed from 1977 until 1984. It was formed by Nigel Pegrum, at that time drummer for Steeleye Span. Maddy Prior...

tissue, enabling the plant to reach sunlight with a minimum investment of energy. This has been a highly successful growth form for plants such as kudzu and...

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (/ˌændʒiəˈspərmiː/). The term angiosperm is derived from the...

word liana does not refer to a taxonomic grouping, but rather a habit of plant growth—much like tree or shrub. It comes from standard French liane, itself...

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and other plants currently not regarded as forbs. Forbs are members of a guild—a group of plant species with broadly similar growth forms. In certain...