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haptotropism Bot.|ˌhæptəʊˈtrəʊpɪz(ə)m, -ˈtrɒpɪz(ə)m, hæpˈtɒtrəpɪz(ə)m|
[ad. G. haptotropismus (L. Errera 1884, in Bot. Zeitung 5 Sept. 564), f. Gr. ἅπτειν to fasten: see tropism.]
The phenomenon whereby plant organs, as the tendrils of climbing plants, exhibit tropic movements in response to the stimulus of touch. Hence haptoˈtropic a.
1892L. Errera in Ann. Bot. VI. 373 Thus, the geotropic, heliotropic, hydrotropic, haptotropic curvatures arise, which are familiar to vegetable physiologists. 1900B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 118/2 Haptotropism, curvature induced in climbing plants by the stimulus of a rough surface. 1924M. Skene Biol. Flowering Plants iv. 298 The response to contact stimulus is termed haptotropism. 1934Webster, Haptotropic. 1953Fritsch & Salisbury Plant Form & Funct. (rev. ed.) xxix. 263 Certain tropic growth-curvatures result from direct contact with a foreign body and are described as haptotropic. 1965Bell & Coombe tr. Strasburger's Textbk. Bot. (new ed.) 375 Many plants..are sensitive to touch... This phenomenon is termed haptotropism (thigmotropism). |