GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms
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- form
- A small but constant variation within a population of plants, such as a white-flowered plant in a normally purple-flowered population.
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- forma (abr. f.)
- The rank of taxa below variety; the narrowest taxon; a plant which retains most of the characteristics of the species, but differs in some way such as flower or leaf color, size of mature plant, etc. A forma is added to the specific binomial and preceded by "f.," such as rubra in the epithet Cornus florida f. rubra.
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- formation
- One of the earth's largest subdivisions of vegetation types, usually of huge geographical extent and composed of communities that are similar in physiognomy and broad environmental description, such as the coniferous forests of Canada. See also: climax, biome.
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- formenkreis
- A series of related forms pinpointed geographically that originated entirely or primarily by geographic isolation. See also: speciation, evolution.
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- formula
- The words that show parentage of a hybrid. Both (Chilopsis x Catalpa) and x Chitalpa are formulae.
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- biome (syn. biotic formation)
- The ecology of a particular habitat, characterized by its unique plant and animal symbiotic relationships, and maintained by local climatic conditions.
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- capacity formula
- Mathematical rule used in hydraulics to calculate the extent or discharge volume of a channel.
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- clump-forming
- Describes a plant which reproduces vegetatively, forming smaller crowns around the parent which can be divided and planted in new locations.
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- cupped form
- Having an open center, with the stamens visible.
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- ecad (syn. ecophene, syn. environmental form)
- 1. A habitat form. 2. An organism showing somatic adaptations to a certain environment that are not hereditary. See also: phenotype, ecotype.
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- life form
- Characteristic structure of a plant or animal.
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