Question

Compare and contrast Epiphytes, hemiepiphytes, vines, and lianas

Answer 1

Solution

aspect	Epiphyte	Hemiepiphyte	vines	lianas
Definition	plant grows on the surface of trunk and branches of other plants and absorbs moisture and nutrients from air or surrounding environment..Eg-Orchids,	The plant requires host plant for initial period of seed germination of there life after that roots are touches to soil and start there growth.so such epiphyte is called as hemiepiphyte.Eg-strangler fig tree	Vines are the climbing stems on the surface of any object.Eg-betal	They are long stem woody wines.eg-clematis
support and host	Takes physical support and not affects host.	It makes there own support because they forms roots in soil.	tendrils used for	stem used for absorption of nutrients and support
Roots	absorbing, clinging and aerial photosynthetic roots roots are present.	Tap root are present.	tap root system	sucker roots are present to absorb nutrient from host plant
stem	stem succulant, pseudobulbous and tuberous.	hard woody	cylindrical green soft and non woody	woody and hard
leaf	reduction in leaf number	leaf shape size number varies	lobed leaves	leaf size shape varies.
stomata and cuticle	thick cuticle and sunken stomata	leaf cuticle is thick	cuticle is not	thick waxy cuticle of cutin