label |
name |
description |
c |
succulent |
With water storage tissue and thickened epidermis and cuticula.
|
s |
scleromorphic |
Firm and stiff leaves with thickened epidermis and cuticula but with mechanisms to promote water transport under beneficial conditions.
|
m |
mesomorphic |
Without any characteristics, between scleromorphic and hydromorphic.
|
y |
hygromorphic |
Delicate plants of shade and semishade.
|
e |
helomorphic |
With aeration tissue (large lacunae) in the root (as adaptation to oxygen deficiency in swampy soils).
|
a |
hydromorphic |
Adapted to gas exchange in the water.
|