Polycarpy (polycarpic or (polycarpous)
Canopy of a tree of Couratari guianensis in flower. Photo by R. Aguilar.
Creator(s): R. Aguilar
Description: Canopy of a tree of Couratari guianensis in flower based on Reinaldo Aguilar 11365 from the Osa Peninsula, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. This species drops its leaves, flowers, and then flushes new leaves after it has flowered. It is a polycarpic species which means that it flowers year after year.
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Title
Polycarpy (polycarpic or (polycarpous)
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Definition
Referring to plants that flower repeatedly; i.e., those that do not die after a single flowering. Same as iteroparous and pleionanthic; opposite of monocarpic, hapaxanthic and semelparic.
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Related Terms
Pleionanthy (pleionanthic, pleionanthous)
Iteropary (iteroparic or iteroparous)
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