Meaning of proteranthous | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a plant: having flowers that appear earlier than the leaves.
   not-comparable, rare
2. Of a plant: having leaves that appear earlier than the flowers.
   not-comparable, rare

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Examples

“Proteranthous (-us). Where flowering precedes leafing.”

“The prevernal period begins with the first blooming after the period of rest, and lasts until the foliation of the proteranthous trees, altogether hardly more than two weeks.”

“The heteranthous inflorescence is a development from the proteranthous condition in which the growth of the pseudobulb and leaves is deferred until after the flowering […]”

“Proteranthous; when leaves appear before the flowers.”

“In hysteranthous plants, the photosynthesis rate is very low from flower emergence until anthesis. […] In contrast, in proteranthous growth the foliage dies down before the flower is produced and photosynthesis takes place before flowering[…].”

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