Meanings
nounphylloplane (plural phylloplanes)
plural phylloplanes
- biologyThe surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat
On the island of Barro Colorado, with an area of 23 square kilometres, at least 43 species of the genus Poecilominettia co-exist, all of which are known to feed upon the same material, namely phylloplane fungi.
1989, Elcy C. Broadhead, “The species of Poecilominettia, Homoeominettia and Floriminettia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) in Panama”, in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, volume 58, number 2, pages 185–226 - biologyA phyllosphere of leaves
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