Pleustophyte
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pleustophyte is a noun meaning An aquatic plant that floats, sometimes limited to those without roots or holdfasts fixed to soil or sediment.
Meaning
An aquatic plant that floats, sometimes limited to those without roots or holdfasts fixed to soil or sediment.
Example Sentences
The pleustophyte (Luther 1949) life form does not have root or rhizoid contact with the bottom (although benthopleustophytes rest on the bottom).
phosphate-enrichment of both sediment and water leads to luxurious growth of pleustophytes such as Riccia fluitans L. and Lemna minor L. in small, shallow waters
Word Forms
- pleustophytes
- pleistophyte
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pleuston, acropleustophyte, helophyte, limnophyte, nymphaeid, hydrogeophyte.
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