epiphyte

plant that grows on another plant without harming it
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epiphyte

Summary

epiphyte is a plant life-form[1]. epiphyte draws 1,700 Wikipedia views per month (plant_life_form category, ranking #4 of 20).[2]

Key Facts

  • epiphyte's instance of is recorded as plant life-form[3].
  • epiphyte is a type of epibiont[4].
  • epiphyte is part of phanerophyte[5].
  • epiphyte is part of Raunkiær plant life-form[6].
  • epiphyte's Commons category is recorded as Epiphytes[7].
  • epiphyte comprises aerophytes[8].
  • epiphyte's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Epiphytes[9].
  • epiphyte's described at URL is recorded as https://www.spektrum.de/lexikon/biologie-kompakt/aerophyten/247[10].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[12].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[13].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • epiphyte's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[18].
  • epiphyte's different from is recorded as epiphitotia[19].

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Definition and Type

epiphyte's instance of is recorded as plant life-form[3]. epiphyte is a type of epibiont[4].

Use and Application

epiphyte comprises aerophytes[8]. Part of include phanerophyte[5], a plant life-form[20] and Raunkiær plant life-form[6], a classification scheme[21].

Why It Matters

epiphyte draws 1,700 Wikipedia views per month (plant_life_form category, ranking #4 of 20).[2] epiphyte has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] epiphyte is known by 64 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Q115150063. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has parts
    Part of phanerophyte, Raunkiær plant life-form
    Has part(s) aerophytes
    Subclass of epibiont
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12641, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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