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HELIOPHYTE [2 records]

Record 1 2004-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Plante croissant en pleine lumière, et demandant une lumière assez forte pour que les échanges photosynthétiques dépassent ceux de la respiration.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
DEF

Planta que crece mejor en lugares con sol.

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Record 2 1997-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Horticulture
CONT

Sun plants, species which cannot tolerate shade, are light saturated only at intensities of one third or even more of full sunlight.

Key term(s)
  • sun loving plant

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Horticulture
OBS

héliophyte : Se dit des plantes qui ne vivent qu'à la lumière solaire directe.

Spanish

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