pauciennial

alternative rare paucennial

1. not comparablebiologyRecurring once every few years.

   Experimental and Cytological Studies on Plant Species II. Trifolium arvense and some other Pauciennial Herbs

   1955, Tyge W. Böcher, Kai Larsen, Knud Rahn, Experimental and Cytological Studies on Plant Species: II. Trifolium arvense and some other Pauciennial Herbs (Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab Biologiske Skrifter; 8, № 3), Copenhagen: Ejnar Munksgaard, main title

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   The Tortula-Crossidium micro-zone (Figures 5.5) is dominated by acrocarpous mosses with a colonist strategy. Characteristic taxa, mainly of the pottioid genera, have a moderately short life-span (pauciennial, i.e. 1–3 years with a resting stage as spores, to pluriennial, i.e. several years, with seasonality of the gametophyte less distinct) and build predominantly short-turfs or bulbiformous solitary plants on the clayey-sandy crusts.

   1998, Harald Kürschner, Shahina A. Ghazanfar, “Bryophytes and Lichens”, in Shahina A. Ghazanfar, Martin Fisher, editors, Vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (Geobotany; 25), Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V., →DOI, →ISBN, § 5.1.4.1, pages 110–111