About ontomorphogeny and life-form of Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot. (Rosaceae Juss.) in the natural phytosystems of the Western Ukraine

• Main Author: O. T. Kuzyarin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Львівський національний університет імені Івана Франка 2010-09-01
• Series: Біологічні студії
• Subjects: aronia melanocarpa; age stages; ontomorphogeny; lifeform
• Online Access: http://publications.lnu.edu.ua/journals/index.php/biology/article/view/432

The latent, pre-generative and partly generative periods of the ontomorphogeny of Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot. (Rosaceae Juss.) in the natural phytosystems of the Western Ukraine have been studied. The diagnoses for six age stages of species individuals have been elaborated and their relative age has been established. the life-form of A. melanocarpa is the vegetative semi-moving geoxylic (rhizomatous) deciduous shrub. The large life cycle of this species consists of the main cycles or the cycles of the development of the systems of shoots, and it lasts during the dozens of years.