NALT

Preferred term

autochory

Topic

The process of seeds and fruits dispersal by means of some kind of explosive physical expulsion. The fruit "explodes", propelling its seeds some distance to the ground surrounding the parent plant; also called "discharge dispersal".

seed dispersal

ballochory
blastochory
herpochory

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

9813985534600041

Value previous used for Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

93423

Spanish

autocoria

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/332104

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Created 7/3/19, last modified 7/29/20