epigeal , auch: epigean , auch: epigeous

Hypogeal plants have (on average) significantly larger seeds than epigeal ones.

Epigeal lilies germinate under moist, warm conditions (approximately 70 F) in one stage, taking about 14 days.

Epigeal lilies evolved in moderate climates.

This is epigeal germination.

Many dicots have epigeal emergence, in which the hypocotyl elongates and becomes arched in the soil.

Podohydnangium has sub epigeal fruiting bodies, with partially exposed gleba at the base and a stipe columnella.

Epigeal trumpet lily species are L. leucanthum, L. regale, L. sargentiae, L. sulphureum, L. rosthornii and L. henryi.

In a variegated landscape, made of a patchwork of closed (woodland) and open (meadows, cereal crops) environments, most soil-dwelling species are not specialized and can be found everywhere, but most epigeal and litter-dwelling species are attracted to a particular environment, either forested or not.

A. bidwillii also exhibits cryptocotylar hypogeal germination (the cotyledons are non-photosynthetic and remain in the shell on germination), while there is evidence that indicates that A. mirabilis and other extinct members of the section Bunya exhibited epigeal germination (the cotyledons are photosynthetic and expand above-ground).