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therophyte Bot.|ˈthɪərəʊfaɪt|
[ad. Da. therofyte (C. Raunkiaer 1904, in Bot. Tidsskrift XXVI. p. xiv) f. Gr. θέρο(ς summer + -phyte.]
(See quot. 1960.)
1913Jrnl. Ecol. I. 18 Therophytes, or plants of the favourable season, live through the unfavourable season as seeds; hence they are annual plants. 1932Fuller & Conard tr. Braun-Blanquet's Plant Sociol. i. 13 Many communities of the subtropics begin their annual development with a therophyte aspect. 1952P. W. Richards Trop. Rain Forest i. 10 Therophytes are entirely absent, except in clearings. 1960N. Polunin Introd. Plant Geogr. iii. 93 Therophytes (annuals)..complete their life-cycle, from germination to ripe seed, within a single limited vegetative period, surviving the unfavourable times as seeds, spores, or other special (usually resistant) reproductive bodies. They are especially abundant in deserts. |