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West Indian Woodnettle

Laportea aestuans (L.) Chew

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Laportea aestuans (West Indian Woodnettle) is a species of shrub in the family Urticaceae. They are native to Pará, Amazônia, Alagoas, Espirito Santo, Tocantins, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, RondôNia, Rio De Janeiro, Paraná, Mata Atlântica, Acre (Brazil), Cerrado, Bahia, SãO Paulo, U.S. Virgin Islands, Rio Grande Do Norte, Ceará, Pernambuco, Mato Grosso, Piauí, ParaíBa, Puerto Rico, Maranhao, Sergipe, Caatinga, and GoiáS. They have achenes.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3393129

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2841453

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3408096

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3463930

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3450387

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3924825

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3451189

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3455077

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q477047

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3665474

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q278512
Definition: tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3471168

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3448433

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3390290

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3402362

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457419

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3393098

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3447799

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q375816

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3462372

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle

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EOL has data for 15 attributes, including:

cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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fruit type
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000850
- Definition: A fruit anatomy and morphology trait (TO:0002629) which is associated with the type of a fruit (PO:0009001).
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PO:0009001] [database_cross_reference: TO:moorel]
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achenes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030107
- Definition: a fruit which develops from a carpel or gyneocium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, a dry mesocarp, and a dry endocarp that are connected to a seed coat by a funicle
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Puerto Rico
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical moist broadleaf forest
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000228
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leaf arrangement
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0006014
- Definition: phyllotaxy. A leaf morphology trait (TO:0000748) which is the arrangement of the leaves on the shoot of a plant.
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alternate
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001932
- Definition: placed alternately one above the other.
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leaf sheddability
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008548
- Definition: A plant's disposition to lose leaves by a natural process
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deciduous
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001731
- Definition: Deciduous (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to shed foliage.
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, biennial, perennial etc.
- Comment: The life cycle habit indicates the typical duration of an individual plant's life. Common values are annual, biennial, and perennial. Some plants have different durations depending on environment or location, so a plant can have more than one value.
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annual
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980071
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span ends within one year after germination, e.g. a winter annual germinating in the autumn and flowering in the spring (esp. in Mediterranean climates), approximately synonymous to therophyte, c.f. biennial, ephemeral, perennial, c.f. also of flowering with respect to architecture, hapaxanthic, monocarpic, pleonanthic.
- Attribution: Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 12, July 2012. Glossary, http://www.mobot.org/mobot/research/apweb/top/glossarya_h.html#annual
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native range includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NativeRange
- Definition: Lists jurisdictions in which a given organism is a member of the undisturbed fauna or flora.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775
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plant growth form
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900032
- Definition: whole plant growth form. eg: herbaceous, tree, liana
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herb
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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produces
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0003000
- Definition: This organism produces this material or substance, either during its life or after death. A produces B if some process that occurs in A has output B.
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oxygen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379
- Definition: molecular oxygen, O2
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trophic guild
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TrophicGuild
- Definition: A group of species that exploit the same food resources, and/or use the same feeding or foraging methods. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_(ecology)
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photoautotroph
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
- Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.
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type specimen repository
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TypeSpecimenRepository
- Definition: The institution that holds a type specimen for a given species. The recommended best practice is to use the identifier in a collections registry such as the Biodiversity Collections Index (http://www.biodiversitycollectionsindex.org/).
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Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of West Indian woodnettle from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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