- plant, and is
known as a tumbleweed.
Diaspores are
common in
weedy and
ruderal species. Collectively,
diaspores, seeds, and
spores that have been modified...
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Diaspore (/ˈdaɪ.əˌspɔːr/) – also
called diasporite, empholite, kayserite, or tanatarite – is an
aluminium hydroxide oxide mineral, α-AlO(OH), crystallizing...
- The light, open,
globular structures form very
effective tumbleweed diaspores,
dropping their seeds usually within a few days as the
follicles fail...
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significant portion of
their yearly phosphorus uptake in
producing diaspores.
Diaspores must also be
protected from
outright predation by ants. This is typically...
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provide nectar and
pollen as food for pollinators. Some
flowers produce diaspores without fertilization (parthenocarpy).
After fertilization, the ovary...
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serves to dis**** its
seeds as a unit. Thus, the
foxtail is a type of
diaspore or
plant dispersal unit. Some gr****es that
produce a
foxtail are themselves...
- of the
aluminium minerals gibbsite (Al(OH)3),
boehmite (γ-AlO(OH)) and
diaspore (α-AlO(OH)),
mixed with the two iron
oxides goethite (FeO(OH)) and haematite...
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fabrics has
shaped their re****tion as bothersome. Some
other forms of
diaspores, such as the
stems of
certain species of
cactus also are
covered with...
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Zultanite is a gem
variety of the
mineral diaspore,
mined in the İlbir
Mountains of
southwest Turkey at an
elevation of over 4,000 feet. The mineral's...
- potential.
Common examples include plumed, winged, and balloon-like
diaspores.
Plumed diaspores have thin hair-like
projections that lift them up higher. One...
