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Entomophily  [ Botany - - Ecology ]
Synonym:
Insect pollination
Derived term: Entomophilous

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

     
  Seed plants which are primarily pollinated by insects are said to be entomophilous.  
     
Insects go to feed on flower expecting a reward (usually nectar, pollen or edible part of the flower) and they unwillingly transport the pollen from one flower to another. Among entomphily we can  recognize the role of many diverse type of insect pollination, the most important is melittophily (bee pollination) that interest the majority of the species of flowering plants; other insect generally are not so efficient like bees but they are indispensable for the pollination of many plant species, among them:  Sphingophily & Phalaenophily (Hawk moths and nocturnal Lepidoptera pollination), myophily (fly pollination),  Sapromyophily (carrion fly pollination), Psychophily (butterfly pollination), cantharophily (Beetle pollination), Myrmecophily (ants pollination), Necrocoleopterophily (Carrion beetles pollimnation), Micromelittophily (Small bees pollination).
     
Entomophilous plants  [ Botany ]
     
  Plants which are primarily pollinated by insects.  
     
 

 


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Holdfast roots  [ Botany  ]

Dictionary of botanic terminology - index of names

 
     
  Some species of climbing plants develop holdfast roots which help to support the vines on trees, walls, and rocks. By forcing their way into minute pores and crevices, they hold the plant firmly in place.  
     
Climbing plants, like the poison ivy (Toxicodendron radicans), Boston ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata), and trumpet creeper (Campsis radicans),  develop holdfast roots which help to support the vines on trees, walls, and rocks. By forcing their way into minute pores and crevices, they hold the plant firmly in place. Usually the Holdfast roots die at the end of the first season, but in some species they are perennial. In the tropics some of the large climbing plants have hold-fast roots by which they attach themselves, and long, cord-like roots that extend downward through the air and may lengthen and branch for several years until they strike the soil and become absorbent roots.

Major references and further lectures:
1) E. N. Transeau “General Botany” Discovery Publishing House, 1994
     

 

 

 

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