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liquid water.
Examples of
xerophytes include cacti,
pineapple and some
gymnosperm plants. The
morphology and
physiology of
xerophytes are
adapted to conserve...
- 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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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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Xerophytes: Cardón
cacti in the Baja
California desert, Cataviña region, Mexico...
- light-absorption
efficiency in
favor of
protection from herbivory. For
xerophytes the
major constraint is not
light flux or intensity, but drought. Some...
- Some
xerophytes will
reduce the
surface of
their leaves during water deficiencies (left). If
temperatures are cool
enough and
water levels are adequate...
- 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...
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xeric environments Xerocoles —
animals adapted to
xeric environments Xerophytes —
plants adapted to
xeric environments This
article incorporates text...
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meaning "friend". The
Ammophila gr****es are
widely known as
examples of
xerophytes,
plants that can
withstand dry conditions.
Despite their occurrence on...
