phylloplane

English

Etymology

phyllo- +‎ plane

Noun

phylloplane (plural phylloplanes)

1. (ecology) The surface of a leaf, considered as a habitat
   • 1989, Elcy C. Broadhead, “The species of Poecilominettia, Homoeominettia and Floriminettia (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) in Panama”, in Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, volume 58, number 2, pages 185–226:

     On the island of Barro Colorado, with an area of 23 square kilometres, at least 43 species of the genus Poecilominettia co-exist, all of which are known to feed upon the same material, namely phylloplane fungi.

2. (botany) A phyllosphere of leaves