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Ecological parameter: life form - systema

Parameter group: life related parameters

Explanation:
The parameter provides information on the life forms of species with respect to the degree of the morphological adaptation to life in the aquatic environment.

Pall, K. & Mayerhofer, V. (2018): Leitfaden zur Erhebung der Biologischen Qualitätselemente Teli A4 - Makrophyten.- Bundesministerium für Nachhaltigkeit und Tourismus (Hrsg.), Wien, 92pp.


Classification system: category
A description of the coding system can be found here  Abbreviations/Coding Systems

Abbreviations:
Category name:Abbreviations:Explanation:
amphiphyteAliving both entirely submerged in water as well as temporarily on dry ground
helophyteHbasal parts submerged in water, leaves and inflorescences rising above water surface
hydrophyteHydliving permanently completely or mostly submerged in water or floating on the water surface
othersSWother water-bound plant; living primarily in terrestrial areas influenced by rivers or lakes
Assigned taxa for each higher systematic unit:
TaxagroupNumber of assigned taxa / total number of taxa - percentage
Bryopsida213 / 213 - 100%
Charophyceae52 / 52 - 100%
Liliopsida361 / 361 - 100%
Lycopsida12 / 12 - 100%
Magnoliopsida20 / 20 - 100%
Marchantiopsida62 / 62 - 100%
Polypodiopsida19 / 19 - 100%
Rosopsida399 / 399 - 100%
Sphenopsida9 / 9 - 100%