Category: E

  • Effectively published

    (In nomenclature) published in printed matter generally available to botanists.  

  • Edged

    Edged

    When patch of one colour is bordered by another colour.  

  • Edentate

    Without teeth.  

  • Edaphic

    Relating to soil conditions.  

  • Ectozoochory

    Dispersal of plants by the exterior of animals (e.g. seeds on fur or on feet).  

  • Ectotroph

    Mycorrhizal fungus forming a layer outside the root.  

  • Ectocarp

    Outermost layer of pericarp.  

  • Ecotype

    Individuals occupying a particular habitat and forming an interbreeding population which differs genotypically from other such populations, i.e. a locally adapted population of a widespread species.  

  • Ecosystem

    Within a specific area, the total of all living organisms and their interaction with each other and with their habitat and environment. A dynamic complex of plant, animal and micro-organism communities and their non-living environment interacting as a functional unit. A biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment. The study of the relationship…

  • Ecostate

    Without a midrib.