epiphyte


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epiphyte

/ep·i·phyte/ (ep´ĭ-fīt) an external plant parasite.epiphyt´ic

epiphyte

a plant such as some mosses and some orchids, that grows attached to another and uses it solely for purposes of support, doing it no harm, there being no parasitic association.
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Early autonomous selfing in the hummingbird-pollinated epiphyte Pitcairnia brittoniana (Bromeliaceae).
Alta capacidad de autofecundacion y baja visitacion de polinizadores en la epifita polinizada por colibries Pitcairnia heterophylla (Bromeliaceae) en un bosque montano en Costa Rica
Diversity and biogeography of Neotropical vascular epiphytes.
Catalogo de briofitos epifitos de roble {quercus humboldtiv. fagaceae), en el municipio de tipacoque, Boyaca-Colombia
Epiphyte biomass and nutrient status of a Colombian upper montane rain forest.
The role of arthropods in the growth of Tillandsia violacea (Bromeliaceae) in a Mexican temperate forest
These areas have the greatest epiphyte richness in regions influenced by the semideciduous forest in the Southern State of Espirito Santo.
Vascular epiphytes in seasonal semideciduous forest in the State of Espirito Santo and the similarity with other seasonal forests in Eastern Brazil/Epifitas vasculares em floresta estacional semidecidual no estado do Espirito Santo e similaridade com outras florestas estacionais no Leste do Brasil
Aguirre A, Guevara R, Garcia M, Lopez JC (2010) Fate of epiphytes on phorophytes with different architectural characteristics along the perturbation gradient of Sabal mexicana forests in Veracruz, Mexico.
Relevant aspects about the natural history of strangler hemiepiphyte plants/Aspectos relevantes sobre la historia natural de las plantas hemiepifitas estranguladoras/Aspectos relevantes sobre a historia natural das plantas hemiepifitas estranguladoras
Spatial structure of vascular epiphytes in two High-Andean forest locations, Pamplona, Colombia
Estructura espacial de epifitas vasculares en dos localidades de bosque altoandino, Pamplona, Colombia
Experimental evaluation of amphipod grazing over biomass of Sargassum filipendula (Phaeophyta) and its dominant epiphyte.
El papel de las algas epifitas y diferentes especies de Sargassum en la distribucion y alimentacion de anfipodos herbivoros
Examination of the epiphytes under stereomicroscope allowed identifying the species as the filamentous brown alga Pylaiella littoralis, a common macrophyte species in the shallow coastal areas of the Baltic Sea.
First evidence on the epiphytic macroalga Pylaiella littoralis on the prawn Palaemon adspersus
Some epiphytes have evolved anatomical adaptations such as water-storing tanks, succulence, and water-absorbing leaf scales to absorb water and trap litter more efficiently (KALIMUTHU et al.
Changes in anatomy and chlorophyll synthesis in orchids propagated in vitro in the presence of urea/Alteracoes anatomicas e sintese de clorofila em orquidea propagada in vitro na presenca de ureia
Six species, Stylonema alsidii, Colaconema hallandicum, Jania cubensis, Pneophyllum fragile, Neosiphonia gorgoniae and Polysiphonia pseudovillum, have been found exclusively as epiphytes on other algae.
New records of red algae (rhodophyta) for Cabezo reef, National Park Sistema Arrecifal Veracruzano, Gulf of Mexico
For management purposes, harvesting by cutting from portions of the frond rather than uprooting/trawling of the entire kelp is more ecologically friendly as the epiphytes and holdfast fauna attached to the plants are not lost.
Effects of harvesting of the Namibian kelp (Laminaria pallida) on the re-growth rate and recruitment
1984, Orth & van Montfrans 2002), we incorporated aboveground seagrass and epiphyte biomass in our analyses.
Habitat fragmentation influences survival and growth of transplanted northern quahog (Mercenaria mercenaria Linne) in Big Lagoon, Florida

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