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What does rupicolous mean?

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  1. (botany) Growing on or among rocks.
  2. (zoology) Dwelling among rocks.
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The species of Alcantarea are exclusively saxicolous or rupicolous, living mostly in sun-exposed areas in rocky escarpments in the domain of the Atlantic Forest.
Premise of the study: Microsatellite primers were developed for Orthophytum ophiuroides, a rupicolous bromeliad species endemic to neotropical rocky fields.
Inselbergs are isolated rock outcrops typically harboring rupicolous vegetation and embedded within a landscape composed of contrasting plant communities.
Vultures, Egyptian vultures, kestrels, crows and rooks are only some of the rupicolous birds that will accompany our route.
Plant epiphytic or rupicolous, propagating by short basal shoots.
The morphology of the digits of the golden gecko, Calodactylodes aureus and its implication for the occupation of rupicolous habitats.

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