rupestraladj.n.

Brit.

/ruːˈpɛstr(ə)l/, U.S.

/rupˈɛstr(ə)l/

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin rupestralis; French rupestral.

Etymology: Either < scientific Latin rupestralis (1803 or earlier; < scientific Latin rupestris (see rupestrine adj.) + classical Latin -ālis -al suffix¹), or < French rupestral (1800 or earlier; < scientific Latin rupestris + French -al -al suffix¹).

Ecology.

A. adj.

Of vegetation: that grows on rocks or cliffs. Also: living among or occupying rocks or cliffs.

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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > growing on or amongst rocks, stone, or gravel

rockish1562

rocky1599

ruderary1727

rupestrean1786

saxatile1786

rupestrine1787

rupestral1834

ruderal1835

viatical1847

glareose1866

glareous1880

epilithic1900

1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands II. 254 The rupestral quadrupeds which are most likely to destroy the eggs of grebes..do not hunt wholly, or even principally, by sight.

1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 340 Native. Rupestral and Pascual. Frequent on the Highland mountains.

1854 J. H. Balfour Outl. Bot. 527 Rupestral and mural plants are those found on rocks and walls, such as species of Saxifrage, Sedum, Draba,..Lichens and Mosses.

1970 Watsonia 8 115 Unlike most species of Hieracium it is usually a soil plant rather than rupestral.

2004 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 94 19 These species are epiphytic or rupestral.

B. n.

A rupestral plant or animal.

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the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > growing on or among stone or rock

rock herb1626

rock plant1694

rupestral1847

ruderal1873

stone-plant1883

lithophyte1895

chasmophyte1900

vertical1902

chomophyte1909

1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 211 This species..was growing in gravel by streams, or among wet rocks; so that it comes nearest to a rupestral, though somewhat of a paludal or uliginal also.

1926 J. J. Walker Nat. Hist. Oxf. District 104 Many of these [alpine species] are rupestrals.

1980 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 20 155 Among those invertebrates found with it were small shelled molluscs (chiefly arboricolous rupestrals such as Lauria cylindracea).

2000 D. H. Benzing Bromeliaceae 390 Speciation among the rupestrals has been especially pronounced on the ancient substrates derived from South America's two oldest geological formations.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rupestral
释义	rupestraladj.n. Brit. /ruːˈpɛstr(ə)l/, U.S. /rupˈɛstr(ə)l/ Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from French. Etymons: Latin rupestralis; French rupestral. Etymology: Either < scientific Latin rupestralis (1803 or earlier; < scientific Latin rupestris (see rupestrine adj.) + classical Latin -ālis -al suffix¹), or < French rupestral (1800 or earlier; < scientific Latin rupestris + French -al -al suffix¹). Ecology. A. adj. Of vegetation: that grows on rocks or cliffs. Also: living among or occupying rocks or cliffs. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > growing on or amongst rocks, stone, or gravel rockish1562 rocky1599 ruderary1727 rupestrean1786 saxatile1786 rupestrine1787 rupestral1834 ruderal1835 viatical1847 glareose1866 glareous1880 epilithic1900 1834 R. Mudie Feathered Tribes Brit. Islands II. 254 The rupestral quadrupeds which are most likely to destroy the eggs of grebes..do not hunt wholly, or even principally, by sight. 1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 340 Native. Rupestral and Pascual. Frequent on the Highland mountains. 1854 J. H. Balfour Outl. Bot. 527 Rupestral and mural plants are those found on rocks and walls, such as species of Saxifrage, Sedum, Draba,..Lichens and Mosses. 1970 Watsonia 8 115 Unlike most species of Hieracium it is usually a soil plant rather than rupestral. 2004 Amer. Fern Jrnl. 94 19 These species are epiphytic or rupestral. B. n. A rupestral plant or animal. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [noun] > growing on or among stone or rock rock herb1626 rock plant1694 rupestral1847 ruderal1873 stone-plant1883 lithophyte1895 chasmophyte1900 vertical1902 chomophyte1909 1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 211 This species..was growing in gravel by streams, or among wet rocks; so that it comes nearest to a rupestral, though somewhat of a paludal or uliginal also. 1926 J. J. Walker Nat. Hist. Oxf. District 104 Many of these [alpine species] are rupestrals. 1980 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 20 155 Among those invertebrates found with it were small shelled molluscs (chiefly arboricolous rupestrals such as Lauria cylindracea). 2000 D. H. Benzing Bromeliaceae 390 Speciation among the rupestrals has been especially pronounced on the ancient substrates derived from South America's two oldest geological formations. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1834
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