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AUTOCHOROUS PLANT [1 record]

Record 1 2017-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

A plant that is the major agent in the distribution of its own seeds or spores (as by special ejecting organs).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

Terme proposé sur le modèle de «dissémination autochore», relevé dans le contexte qui suit.

OBS

[Cucurbitacées]. La propagation se fait soit par voie végétative (tubercule, enracinement aux nœuds, etc.), soit surtout par graines à dissémination autochore, zoochore ou, plus rarement, anémochore.

Spanish

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