Category: P
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Paraphyletic
A group in which the closest relatives of at least one member are excluded and placed in another group.
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Panboreal
Throughout the far northern temperate zones of the world.
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Palaeotropics
The tropics of the Old World: Africa, Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
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Pubescens
Having hairy-soft, short hairs.
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Procumbens
Trailing or lying down.
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Pinnately compound
Describes leaves divided or lobed along each side of a leafstalk, resembling a feather.
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Pictus
Painted or variegated.
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Palustris
Growing in wet areas.
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Primary forest
Forest consisting of native species without signs of human interference or natural disturbance through fire and wind.
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Pseudorhiza
A long, false rootlike structure; defines the genera Hymenopellis and Phaeocollybia.