barbellate
Barbed, having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae.
basal
At the base.
basiscopic
Pointing towards the base.
beak
A prominent extension of an organ.
bifid
Deeply split into two lobes.
bifurcate
Divided into two.
biosecurity
Preventing, eradicating, controlling and managing risks posed by pests and diseases.
biotic
Pertaining to the living parts of the environment.
bipinnate
With each primary pinna divided to the midrib into a secondary pinna.
biserrate
Doubly serrate.
blade
The flattened part of a leaf.
blunt
Not pointed at the ends.
bog
A quagmire covered with specialised plants including sphagnum moss, grasses, sedges, rushes, sundews, umbrella ferns and other plants; has wet, spongy ground, a marsh-plant community on wet, very acid peat. Fed only by rainfall.
bottleneck
A genetic term; refers to the fact that in smaller populations there could be lower genetic variability.
brachyblasts
Short shoots.
bract
A reduced leaf or leaf-like structure at the base of a flower.
bracteate
Bearing bracts: leaves or leaf-like structure reduced at the base of a flower.
bracteolate
With small bracts.
bracteole
A small bract.
bracteoles
Bracts directly below the flower.
brevideciduous
Brief (1 month or less) loss of most leaves from the canopy just before flowering or during flushing of a new cohort of leaves.
bryophyte
Plant group including mosses, liverworts and hornworts.
bryophytes
Plant group including mosses, liverworts and hornworts.
bulbil
A bud produced vegetatively on the stem or frond that is capable of breaking of and growing into a new plant.
bullate
With rounded projections covering the surface as if blistered.
