(of plants or plant parts) having characteristics that serve as protection against excessive loss of water
Examples of 'xeromorphic' in a sentence
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Paspalum vaginatum appears to be a species with xeromorphic characteristics.
Eleci de Oliveria Bastos, Mara Perazzolo, Jusseli Maria Rocha Baptista 1992, 'Variação do número de estômatos e micropêlos em Paspalum vaginatum Sw: em relaçãoàs condições abióticas numa marisma do estuário da Lagoa dos Patos, RS-Brasil Variationin the number of stomata and microhairs of Paspalum vaginatum Sw: en relation to abioticconditions in a breakwater in the Lagoa dos Patos estuary, RS-Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33061992000200007. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
All vegetative organs had mesomorphic structure, with some xeromorphic adaptations.
Krstić Lana N., Anačkov Goran T., Pal Boža P., Igić Ružica S., Luković Jadranka Ž.,Vukov Dragana M. 2007, 'Analysis of anatomical and micromorphological characteristics of Iva xanthifolia nutt.',Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Naukehttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-4906/2007/0352-49060712049K.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the species with reduced aerial parts different investments were observed and the xeromorphic features were not stressed.
Ivone Vieira da Silva, Renata Maria Strozi Alves Meira, Aristéa Alves Azevedo, RosaneMaria de Aguiar Euclydes 2006, 'Estratégias anatômicas foliares de treze espécies de Orchidaceae ocorrentes em umcampo de altitude no Parque Estadual da Serra do Brigadeiro (PESB): MG, Brasil Strategiesanatomy from thirteen Orchidaceae species occurring in a "high altitude grasslands"in the State Park of Serra do Brigadeiro (PESB): Minas Gerais State, Brazil', Acta Botânica Brasílicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062006000300023. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The presence of hypodermal tissue and the occurrence of stomata at the abaxial face are typical characteristics of xeromorphic leaves.
Ledyane Dalgallo Rocha, Annette Droste, Günther Gehlen, Jairo Lizandro Schmitt 2013, 'Leaf dimorphism of Microgramma squamulosa (Polypodiaceae): a qualitative and quantitativeanalysis focusing on adaptations to epiphytism', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442013000100024. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Few species depicted leaves with xeromorphic features as would be expected in such oligotrophic sandy soil.
Maria Regina Torres Boeger, Luiz Carlos Alves, Raquel Rejane Bonatto Negrelle 2004, 'Leaf morphology of 89 tree species from a lowland tropical rain forest (Atlantic forest)in South Brazil', Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132004000600013. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Most foliar epidermis had structures normally found in mesomorphic plants, but xeromorphic and higromorphic morphologies were alsopresent.
Eddy Martínez Quesada 2009, 'Relación entre morfología foliar de antófitos y factores abióticos en las principalespluvisilvas de la Región Oriental cubana', Revista de Biología Tropicalhttp://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442009000100022. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)