phanerophyte Bot.
(ˈfænərəʊfaɪt)
[ad. Da. fanerofyt (C. Raunkiaer 1904, in Bot. Tidsskr. XXVI. p. xiv), f. phanero- + -phyte.]
A plant which bears its dormant buds well above the surface of the ground.
| 1913 W. G. Smith in Jrnl. Ecol. I. 17 Phanerophytes have their dormant buds on branches which project freely into the air; they are the trees and shrubs. 1932 Fuller & Conard tr. Braun-Blanquet's Plant Sociol. xii. 295 The more northern phanerophytes are characterized by special bud protection. 1934 H. Gilbert-Carter tr. Raunkiaer's Life Forms of Plants ii. 19 By Phanerophytes I mean plants whose buds and apical shoots destined to survive the unfavourable period of the year project into the air on stems which live for several, often for many, years. 1952 [see chamæphyte s.v. chamæ-]. 1976 Bell & Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (rev. ed.) 191 Phanerophytes..bear their resting buds more than 50 cm above the soil surface. |