ft:growth form

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Description: The general appearance or function of a whole organism (e.g. growth form of a plant). E.g., tree, shrub, shrubby.

Notes: Categories were abstracted from 9228 botanical terms used in Flora of North America and Flora of China. [1]
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This is a collection within the FloraTerms. It contains the following concepts:

By label: acrostichoidaquaticarboreousbaobab_likebottom_rootedbushbushlikebushycabbagelikecaespitosecespitoseclimbingclonalclump_formingclumpingclusteredclusteringcolonialcoppicecoppicedcreepingcushioncushion_formingdecumbentdimorphicfacultativefloatingfreestandingfrutescentfruticosegeophyticgeotropicgrasslikegregariousherbherbaceousherbacousherblikehummock_forminglianalianescentlianoidlianousmat_formingmatlikemattedmoss_likemound_formingmoundingmulti_trunked... further results
By concept name: ft:acrostichoidft:aquaticft:arboreousft:baobab likeft:bottom rootedft:bushft:bushlikeft:bushyft:cabbagelikeft:caespitoseft:cespitoseft:climbingft:clonalft:clump formingft:clumpingft:clusteredft:clusteringft:colonialft:coppiceft:coppicedft:creepingft:cushionft:cushion formingft:decumbentft:dimorphicft:facultativeft:floatingft:freestandingft:frutescentft:fruticoseft:geophyticft:geotropicft:grasslikeft:gregariousft:herbft:herbaceousft:herbacousft:herblikeft:hummock formingft:lianaft:lianescentft:lianoidft:lianousft:mat formingft:matlikeft:mattedft:moss likeft:mound formingft:moundingft:multi trunked... further results

References

  1. Semantic Annotation, Ontology Building, and Interactive Key Generation from Morphological Descriptions.