Stem Habits Flashcards

1
Q

A plant with above ground stem​ include shrub, trees and herbs with aerial vegetative shoots and leaves​

A

Caulescent

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2
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A plant that lacks an above ground stem, other than the inflorescence axis​. Bear major photosynthetic leaves only at ground level, often in basal rosette; with only shoot becoming aerial, being an inflorescence that eventually dies off. ​

A

Acaulescent

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3
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Having the habit of a shrub, with numerous, woody, aerial trunks​

A

Frutescent

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4
Q

Treelike appearance and size​

A

Arborescent

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5
Q

Basally woody and herbaceous apically

A

Suffrutescent

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6
Q

Trailing or lying flat not rooting at the nodes​

A

Prostate

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7
Q

Creeping or lying flat but rooting at the nodes​

A

Repent

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8
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Basically prostrate but apically ascending​

A

Decumbent

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9
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Multiple aerial but short stemmed shoots arise from the base, forming a much branched cushion

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Cespitose

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