A Grammatical Dictionary of Botanical Latin

Habitatio,-onis (s.f.III), abl. sg. habitatione: place of growth; usually the place of growth is associated with the verb cresco 'grow' or habito, 'have possession of, inhabit, dwell' in the 3rd pers. sg. pres. active (crescit, habitat) (Stearn); it is used like patria,-ae (s.f.I), q.v.; cf. solum,-i (s.n.II);

- habitatio ad rupes, place of growth on rocks.

- habitatio ad saxa arboresque, interdum in terram humidam, rarissime ad ligna emortua (Mitten), habitation on stones and trees, sometimes on moist soil, very rarely on dead wood.

- regiones temperatas, rarius calidas, totius orbis terrarum habitat, regions temperate, more rarely hot, of the whole world it inhabits (Stearn).

- habitatione in sylvis palustribus orae atlanticae brasiliensis differt, it differs by the place of growth in swamp-forests of the Atlantic coast of Brasil.

- habitatione tropica differt, it differs by the tropical place of growth.

- Habitatio. Africa australis (South Africa). - Habitatio. Australia, Victoria, Dimboola, in terra (on soil).