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2 unusual facts about plant morphology


Homeosis

In botany, Rolf Sattler has revised the concept of homeosis (replacement) by his emphasis of partial homeosis in addition to complete homeosis, which is commonly accepted.

Plant morphology

The growth form of many cacti and species of Euphorbia is very similar, even though they belong to widely distant families.


Plant ecology

Starting in the 1870s, Swiss botanist Simon Schwendener, together with his students and colleagues, established the link between plant morphology and physiological adaptations, laying the groundwork for the first ecology textbooks, Eugenius Warming's Plantesamfund (published in 1895) and Andreas Schimper's 1898 Pflanzengeographie auf Physiologischer Grundlage.

Rotheca

It can easily be distinguished from Clerodendrum by a combination of morphological characters.


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