Biology:Frost resistance

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Frost resistance is the ability of plants to survive cold temperatures. Generally, land plants of the northern hemisphere have higher frost resistance than those of the southern hemisphere.[1] An example of a frost resistant plant is Drimys winteri which is more frost-tolerant than naturally occurring conifers and vessel-bearing angiosperms such as the Nothofagus that can be found in its range in southern South America.[2]

References

  1. Bannister, Peter (2007). "Godley review: A touch of frost? Cold hardiness of plants in the southern hemisphere". New Zealand Journal of Botany 45: 1–33. doi:10.1080/00288250709509700. 
  2. Feild, Taylor S.; Brodribb, Tim; Holbrook, N. Michele (2002). "Hardly a relict: Freezing and the evolution of vesselless wood in Winteraceae". Evolution 56 (3): 464–478. doi:10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01359.x. PMID 11989678. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01359.x.