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biochore
A biotic district (i.e. a distinctive community and environment) and one of many precursors of the ecosystem concept. The term is also used by Raunkiaer to describe precise biological boundaries ...
chamaephyte
A plant life form in Raunkiaer's system of classification (see physiognomy). Chamaephytes are essentially low-growing shrubs, in which the overwintering buds are borne above ground but near the ...
cryptophyte
One of Raunkiaer's lifeform categories, being a plant in which the perennating bud lies below the ground or water surface. The groups geophytes, helophytes, and hydrophytes are distinguished by the ...
hemicryptophyte
A plant life form in Raunkiaer's system of classification (see physiognomy). Hemicryptophytes are typically herbaceous perennials, such as grasses, which produce perennating buds at the soil surface, ...
physiognomy
1. The physical appearance of one's face.2. The assessment of someone's character or personality from their face and other external bodily features.
Raunkiaer's life-form classification
A classification of plants, proposed by the Danish botanist C. Raunkiaer, based on the position of perennating buds in relation to the soil surface. See also chamaephyte; epiphyte; geophyte; ...
therophyte
A plant life form in Raunkiaer's system of classification (see physiognomy). Therophytes are annual plants that complete their life cycle in a short period when conditions are favourable and survive ...
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