10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GEOPHYTE»
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geophyte in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
geophyte and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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African Mole-Rats: Ecology and Eusociality
Jarvis and Sale (1971), Bennett (1988) and Spinks (1998) have all reported
incidences of 'geophyte farming', whereby large geophytes are left in situ but the
mole-rats partially consume them and then replug the remaining hollowed-out
tuber ...
Nigel C. Bennett, Chris G. Faulkes, 2000
2
Vegetation of Southern Africa
It is interesting that despite southern Africa having the richest geophyte flora in
the world (Goldblatt 1978), endemic geophytes are more frequent than
widespread species only in semi-arid winter-rainfall areas (Hilton-Taylor 1996;
Fig. 3.5).
R. M. Cowling, D. M. Richardson, S. M. Pierce, 2004
3
Allelopathy: A Physiological Process with Ecological ...
1977, modified) Legend: Geophyte: a perennial plant that is deeply embedded in
the soil substrate. Hemicryptophyte: a plant having buds at the soil surface and
protected by scales, snow, or litter. Hydrophyte: aquatic plant, floating or rooting ...
Manuel Joaquín Reigosa Roger, Nuria Pedrol, Luís González, 2006
4
Ornamental Geophytes: From Basic Science to Sustainable ...
Integrated.Management:.Environmental.Issues...........363 Gary A. Chastagner,
Gordon R. Hanks, Margery L. Daughtrey, Iris Yedidia, Timothy W. Miller, and
Hanu R. Pappu Chapter 14 Geophyte.Research.and.Production.in.East.and.
Southeast.
Rina Kamenetsky, Hiroshi Okubo, 2012
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Flora of the Erie Islands: Its Origin, History and Change
... 0.9 Semi—rosette hemicryptophyte 97 17.8 Semi—rosette hemicryptophyte
with runners 28 5.2 CRYPTOPHYTE Bulb geophyte 8 1.5 139 - 25.4 Root
parasite 1 0.2 Root—bud geophyte 2 0.4 Rhizome geophyte 51 9.4 Root—tuber
geophyte ...
Thomas Duncan, Ronald L. Stuckey, 2010
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Fire and Climatic Change in Temperate Ecosystems of the ...
Montenegro (unpublished data) found high geophyte survival in coastal matorral
after a fire, were six geophyte species are well represented (Tecophilaea
violaeflora, Conanthera trimaculata, Dioscorea humifusa, Pasithea coerulea,
Fortunatia ...
7
Air Pollution, Global Change and Forests in the New Millennium
... lb lb lb 1 Geophyte Deschampsia +b +b +b lb lb lc +c +a +b 1 Hemicryptophyte
flexuosa Euphorbia +b +b +b lb lc lc lc lc la lb +b 1 Camephyte amygdaloides
Euphorbia angulata +b lb lc lc la lb lb +b 1 Geophyte Galium odoratum 3b 3b 3b
3b ...
D.F. Karnosky, Kevin E Percy, A.H. Chappelka, 2003
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Keeping it Living: Traditions of Plant Use and Cultivation ...
Table 3.4. Thoms's general model of geophyte intensification The general model
of geophyte intensification: A. Conditions: 1. Population circumscription, 2.
Availability of an intensifiable geophyte(s) that are: a. Accessible, calorie-rich,
capable ...
Douglas Deur, Nancy J. Turner, 2005
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Atlas of Stem Anatomy in Herbs, Shrubs and Trees: Volume 1
Volume 1 Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze. Fig. 7.
Tuber with concentrically arranged vascular bundles produced by successive
cambia. Tuber of a geophyte, ruderal site, Mediterranean zone, Estremadura, ...
Fritz Hans Schweingruber, Annett Börner, Ernst-Detlef Schulze, 2011
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Forest Vegetation of Galičica Mountain Range in Macedonia:
... Shannon-Wiener Index: 3.118, Simpson Index: 0.9065, Life form:
Chamaephyte: 15, Geophyte: 0, Hemicryptophyte: 32.5, Hemicryptophyte (caesp)
: 12.5, Hemicryptophyte (ros): 7.5, Hemicryptophyte (scand): 7.5, Nano-
Phanerophyte: 15, ...
Vlado Matevski, Andraž Čarni, Oliver Avramoski, 2011
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GEOPHYTE»
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geophyte is used in the context of the following news items.
MYSTERY PLANT: Mystery plant is the source of saffron
It makes sense that if you are growing this little geophyte in your garden, you could harvest your own saffron when the flowers are open. «Aiken Standard, Feb 15»
Cyclamen can brighten those gray days of winter
Cyclamen are tubers, a type of geophyte or underground storage unit, part of a group of plants that also includes bulbs and corms. Cyclamen ... «Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Nov 14»
Happy Thanksgiving: Take a Turkey Tour with Arkive
The peculiarly named turkey-chick is a geophyte; a plant that can survive periods of unfavorable conditions due to an underground ... «ARKive, Nov 14»
Canadian Study: Bees impacted negatively by climate change
Thomson's research, Flowering phenology, fruiting success and progressive deterioration of pollination in an early-flowering geophyte, was ... «DigitalJournal.com, Sep 10»
How plants adapt to stress of drought, freezing
Corms, rhizomes, tubers and tuberous roots were also in the mix. The Geophyte Lady might sound odd, but the subject has enough nominal ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jan 10»
