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Record 1 2011-07-19

English

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

A plant requiring a mean annual temperature between 0° and 15°C, little of the sun's heat, uniformly distributed atmospheric precipitations and a period of rest caused by cold for full growth.

CONT

Microtherms, plants of the Arctic-Alpine zone.

French

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

De Candolle distinguait les plantes mégathermes, mésothermes, microthermes.

OBS

microtherme (adj.) : Se dit des plantes qui végètent à des températures moyennes assez basses (de 0 à 15 °C).

Spanish

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