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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1998.tb01537.x
Titel (primär) Growth forms of annual vascular plants in central Europe
Autor Krumbiegel, A.
Quelle Nordic Journal of Botany
Erscheinungsjahr 1998
Department BZF
Band/Volume 18
Heft 5
Seite von 563
Seite bis 575
Sprache englisch
Abstract The investigation of the vegetative characters of annual species from central Europe showed a hitherto not regarded large spectrum of 20 growth forms within this plant group. These growth forms can be identified by means of a dichotomous key. This is also a new method to present growth form systems. Although several surveys about growth forms have been carried out, the proposed systems are either incomplete or not consequent in the use of their classifying criteria. Moreover, annual species have never been investigated systematically according to their growth forms. Important characters which were used to characterize growth forms are the occurrence of a rosette, the presence or absence of supporting tissue which causes aerostability or aerolability, succulence, growth direction (plagiotropous, orthotropous) and metamorphoses (for scrambling). According to the mode of surviving the resting period, annuals can be grouped into therophytes, hydrophytes, and hemicryptophytes. Whereas therophytic and hydrophytic annuals perennate the winter exclusively as generative diaspores (seeds, spores), hemicryptophytic species survive as seedlings or young plants.
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Krumbiegel, A. (1998):
Growth forms of annual vascular plants in central Europe
Nord. J. Bot. 18 (5), 563 - 575 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1998.tb01537.x