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In Raunkiaer’s classification, which form includes annual plants?

“Therophytes” for in raunkiaer’s classification, which form includes annual plants. This relationship follows from the ecological mechanism represented by the terms in the item, not merely from an association between their names. A biome label describes a broad climatic and structural pattern rather than a single taxonomic assemblage. Similar climates can produce convergent vegetation on different continents even when the species themselves are unrelated. The remaining alternatives—“Hemicryptophytes”, “Phanerophytes”, “Helophytes”—refer to different states, processes, or scales and therefore d

Ref: Campbell Biology, Urry et al., 12th Ed., Ch. 52