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==Examples of chamaephytes==
The term chamaephyte is most formally used within the context of [[Raunkiær plant life-form|Raunkiær plant life-forms']] classification. Examples of chamaephytes are many of the species living in the [[maquis shrubland]] and other plants of [[Mediterranean Basin|submediterranean]] dry ecosystems (species such as thyme, ''[[Thymus vulgaris]]'', and rosemary, ''[[Rosmarinus officinalis|Salvia rosmarinus]]''); others include heather species (e.g. ''[[Calluna vulgaris]]'' and ''[[Erica (plant)|Erica]]s''), African wild olive (''[[Olea europaea]]'' ssp. ''cuspidata'') and edelweiss (''[[Leontopodium alpinum]]''). Chamaephytes also include [[cushion plant]]s.<ref>{{citation | doi = 10.3732/ajb.92.3.422 | title = Onset of flowering and climate variability in an alpine landscape: a 10-year study from Swedish Lapland | year = 2005 | author = Molau, U. | journal = American Journal of Botany | volume = 92 | pages = 422–31 | last2 = Nordenhall | first2 = U. | last3 = Eriksen | first3 = B. | issue=3 | pmid = 21652418| doi-access = free | bibcode = 2005AmJB...92..422M }}</ref>