from nearby plants of other species. In the reference column of Table 1, only the first chromosome number report for a species is cited. The following subgenera, with the number Received for publication 13 Mar. 1995. Accepted for publication 14 July 1995. This research was funded by CRIS 5358-21000-011-000 at the U.S.
ecological. adj. 1. (Environmental Science) of or relating to ecology. 2. (Environmental Science) (of a practice, policy, product, etc) tending to benefit or cause minimal damage to the environment.
1 The word ecology was coined by the German zoologist Ernst Haeckel, who applied the term oekologie to the ârelation of the animal both to its organic as well as its inorganic environment.â The word comes from the Greek oikos, meaning âhousehold,â âhome,â or âplace to live.â Thus, ecology deals with the organism and its environment.