- A
xerophyte (from
Ancient Gr**** ξηρός (xērós) 'dry' and φυτόν (phutón) 'plant') is a
species of
plant that has
adaptations to
survive in an environment...
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other plants, a
hollow fruit or
inflorescence might detach instead.
Xerophyte tumbleweed species occur most
commonly in
steppe and arid ecosystems,...
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possessing CAM are
either epiphytes (e.g., orchids, bromeliads) or
succulent xerophytes (e.g., cacti,
cactoid Euphorbias), but CAM is also
found in hemiepiphytes...
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region in the state's
southern portions,
which is rich in a
landscape of
xerophyte plants such as the cactus. This region's
topography was
shaped by prehistoric...
- to
living in dry
environments such as succulents, are
termed xerophytes. Not all
xerophytes are succulents,
since there are
other ways of
adapting to a...
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Euphorbia is a
large and
diverse genus of
flowering plants,
commonly called spurge, in the
family Euphorbiaceae.
Euphorbias range from tiny
annual plants...
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plant that
cannot withstand much rain. A
similar term are
xerophile and
xerophyte.
Ombrophile or ombrophilous/ombrophilic
plant is a
plant that thrives...
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Anabasis articulata is a
plant of the
genus Anabasis. It a salt-tolerant
xerophyte that is
found in the
Syrian Desert.
Bedouins often use the plant's ashes...
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identified by
Sereno Watson in 1876.
These species form the only
restricted xerophyte species group in the
genus Cucurbita. Each
member of this
species group...
- cactoids—specialize in
surviving in hot and dry
environments (i.e. are
xerophytes), but the
first ancestors of
modern cacti were
already adapted to periods...
