Definition of Lithophytes. Meaning of Lithophytes. Synonyms of Lithophytes

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Definition of Lithophytes

Lithophyte
Lithophyte Lith"o*phyte, n. [Litho- + Gr. ? plant: cf. F. lithophyte.] (Zo["o]l.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals.

Meaning of Lithophytes from wikipedia

- Lithophytes are plants that grow in or on rocks. They can be classified as either epilithic (or epipetric) or endolithic; epilithic lithophytes grow on...
- family Orchidaceae. Orchids in this genus are monopodial epiphytes or lithophytes with long, co**** roots, short, leafy stems and long-lasting, flat flowers...
- grow in tropical regions either on trees as epiphytes or on rocks as lithophytes. They have two distinct growth habits. Species such as D. phyllanthoides...
- (and around 60 species). They grow on trees (epiphytes) or on rocks (lithophytes), where they either hang down or form creeping or upright shrubs. Their...
- which then germinate and grow on other plants (epiphytes) or on rocks (lithophytes). As the new plants develop, they send roots to the forest floor. Figs...
- in the tropics and subtropics. Species such as Angrae**** sororium are lithophytes, growing on rocks or very rocky soil. Other orchids (including the majority...
- the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Plants in this genus are epiphytes or lithophytes and usually have short stems, leaves arranged in two rows, and flowers...
- compared to vanilla in nature. It generally occurs as an epiphyte or lithophyte - in the former situation it frequently grows in close ****ociation with...
- a range of habitats as epiphytes (on branches or trunks of trees) or lithophytes. It has a continuous distribution along the east coast of Australia and...
- Berwick-upon-Tweed, History of British Zoophytes, and History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. He was born at Simprin, Berwickshire, on 20 July 1797. When he was still...