UMBELLIFERAE PLANT TYPES
Phanerophyte : Woody plants with buds 25cm above soil level.
N : Nanophanerophyte : 25cm-2m
Hemicryptophyte : Herb with buds at soil level.
Hp : Protohemicryptophyte : Uniformly leafy stem, basal leaves smaller than rest.
Hs : Semi rosette hemicryptophyte : leafy stem, lower leaves
larger than upper & basal internodes shortened.
Hr : Rossette Hemicryptophyte : Leafless flowering stems &: basal rosette of leaves.
Ge : Geophyte : Herbs with buds below soil level.
Grt : Geophyte with root tuber.
Gr Geophyte with buds on roots.
Gt : Geophyte with stem tubers or corms.
Hel : Helophyte : marsh plant.
Hyd : Hydrophyte : a water plant.
Th : Therophyte : plants passing unfavourable season as seeds.