Liana - Wikipedia
Lianas are characteristic of tropical moist broadleaf forests (especially seasonal forests), but may be found in temperate rainforests and temperate deciduous forests. There are also temperate lianas, for example the members of the Clematis or Vitis (wild grape) genera.
Lianas - Introduction | Smithsonian National Museum of ...
Lianas (also known as vines, climbing plants or climbers) are plants with long, flexible, climbing stems that are rooted in the ground, and usually have long dangling branches. In order to climb, they have developed a wide range of climbing strategies and specialized structures affix themselves to the supporting structures.
Liana | Climbing Vines, Rainforest & Woody Vines | Britannica
liana, any long-stemmed, woody vine that is rooted in the soil and climbs or twines around other plants. They are a conspicuous component of tropical forest ecosystems and represent one of the most important structural differences between tropical and temperate forests.
What is a Liana? - World of Flowering Plants
A liana is any of various long-stemmed, woody vines rooted in the soil at ground level and uses trees and other means of vertical support to climb up to the canopy to access well-lit forest areas.
Lianas | Rainforests - Earth Facts
Lianas, woody climbing vines, are an important feature of the rainforest. They start out as small upright shrubs. Most lianas produce long shoots with tendrils that attach themselves to a support.
Lianas: Current Biology - Cell Press
2018年3月19日 · What are lianas? Most researchers define lianas as climbing plants that develop a significant amount of wood. They are emblematic of the functional diversity and the complex, fractal-like, three-dimensional structures of tropical forests, where different growth forms of different sizes and shapes grow on and around each other ( Figure 1 ).
Characteristics of lianas - Botanical online
2020年11月4日 · Lianas, climbing plants or vines are those that use a series of resources to climb and rise on other plants or on some support that can support them, such as a tree or bush, a fence, a wall, a rock, a pole, etc.