Term Name:	short-day photoperiodism, flowering
Synonyms:	long-night photoperiodism, flowering, response to long-night, flowering, response to short-day, flowering, short-day photoperiodic control of flowering, short-day photoperiodic control of flowering time, short-day photoperiodic control of inflorescence development
Definition:	A change from vegetative to reproductive phase as a result of detection of, or exposure to, a period of light that falls short of the critical day length. The critical day length varies between species. Although the term is short-day is used, most species actually respond to the duration of the night, so that the response will occur when a period of darkness exceeds the number of hours defined by 24 minus the critical day length.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0048575]    QuickGO    AmiGO