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The vegetation of the earth is characterized by distinct zones which have a rather uniform physiognomical appearance or structure even though they may be composed of many different plant species, genera, and families and may have a very different evolutionary history. The classic example of such “convergence” of morphological structure in a plant community is the evergreen sclerophyllous vegetation of the mediterranean-type climates (Grisebach 1872), but also the rain forest, the tropical and temperate grasslands, the savannahs or boreal forests and other formation types (Whittaker 1973) may be considered.
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Schulze, ED. (1982). Plant Life Forms and Their Carbon, Water and Nutrient Relations. In: Lange, O.L., Nobel, P.S., Osmond, C.B., Ziegler, H. (eds) Physiological Plant Ecology II. Encyclopedia of Plant Physiology, vol 12 / B. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68150-9_19
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