Definition of Serotinous. Meaning of Serotinous. Synonyms of Serotinous

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Definition of Serotinous

Serotinous
Serotinous Se*rot"i*nous, a. [L. serotinus, fr. serus late.] (Biol.) Appearing or blossoming later in the season than is customary with allied species.

Meaning of Serotinous from wikipedia

- Serotiny in botany simply means 'following' or 'later'. In the case of serotinous flowers, it means flowers which grow following the growth of leaves, or...
- pines (var. clausa) have non-serotinous, or open, cones, most of the panhandle sand pines (var. immuginata) have serotinous, or closed, cones. Sand pine...
- subgenus Strobus, and cones either open soon after they mature or are serotinous. Section Pinus has two or three needles per fascicle. Cones of all species...
- banksiana needles are not twisted, but curved, and has cones that are serotinous and unarmed. The leaf sheaths in P. banksiana are less than 2.5 millimeters...
- more western areas of North America. The cones on many mature trees are serotinous. They open when exposed to intense heat, greater than or equal to 50 °C...
- are typically non-serotinous, and those of the inland Pacific subspecies, P. contorta subsp. murrayana, are completely non-serotinous. Sometimes cones...
- (2–3+1⁄4 in) long with small prickles on the scales. Its cones are usually serotinous, requiring fire to open. The pollen cones are cylinder-shaped with a yellow...
- external triggers (such as fires) rather than by natural maturation. For serotinous plants, seeds are protected by woody structures during fires and will...
- the soil Canopy seed bank, the viable seed stored in the canopy of a serotinous tree or shrub This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with...
- cultivars are harvested before the end of July, serotinous (late) cultivars from September on, and mid-serotinous or mid-matutinal cultivars are in between...