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Amazon Water Lily

Nymphaea amazonum Mart. & Zucc.

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Nymphaea amazonum (Amazon Water Lily) is a species of perennial herb in the family water-lilies. It has a self-supporting growth form. It is native to Puerto Rico, Tocantins, Amazônia, Mato Grosso, Rio Grande do Sul, Sergipe, Distrito Federal, Bahia, Pará, Piauí, Maranhao, Minas Gerais, Mata Atlântica, Acre (Brazil), Espirito Santo, Rio Grande do Norte, Cerrado, Santa Catarina, Ceará, Paraná, Mato Grosso do Sul, Caatinga, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Goiás, Pernambuco, Pampa, Paraíba, Pantanal, and Rondônia. Amazon Water Lily has simple, broad leaves. It is a photoautotroph.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, 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/glossaryi_p.html#perennial

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3474575

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

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

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3451133

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3392213

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3395443

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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.geonames.org/3463930

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

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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/3450387

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3392268

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q184382

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

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q157603

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

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ECOCORE_00000130
Definition: An autotroph which is capable of transforming light into chemical energy.

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EOL has data for 14 attributes, including:

Leaf Complexity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0007484
- Definition: whether a leaf is intricate or compounded
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simple
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0020042
- Definition: A leaf in which the lamina is undivided
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Leaf mass per area
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Leaf_mass_per_area
- Definition: the ratio of the dry mass of a leaf to its area
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38 g/m^2
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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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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aquatic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002030
- Definition: A habitat that is in or on water
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leaf morphology
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0019932
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broad
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002359
- Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's width being notably higher than its length.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PATOC:GVG]
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life cycle habit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0002725
- Definition: Determined for type of life cycle being annual, binneal, 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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perennial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0980073
- Definition: Of plant duration, a plant whose life span extends over more than two growing seasons, c.f. annual, biennial, ephemeral, 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/glossaryi_p.html#perennial
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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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Puerto Rico
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4566966
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photosynthetic pathway
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/photosyntheticPathway
- Definition: the biochemical pathway a plant uses to gain carbon for growth and reproduction. Plants have evolved three photosynthetic pathways, each in response to distinct environmental conditions, resulting in differences in their ecological patterns of growth and distribution.
- Comment: https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/the-ecology-of-photosynthetic-pathways-15785165
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C3 photosynthetic plant
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q286954
- Definition: one of three metabolic pathways for carbon fixation in photosynthesis, along with C4 and CAM. This process converts carbon dioxide and ribulose bisphosphate (RuBP, a 5-carbon sugar) into 3-phosphoglycerate through the following reaction: CO2 + H2O + RuBP → (2) 3-phosphoglycerate This reaction occurs in all plants as the first step of the Calvin–Benson cycle.
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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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herbaceous
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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plant lifeform
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900022
- Definition: whole plant lifeform
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terrestrial plant
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/terrestrialPlant
- Definition: A terrestrial plant is a plant that grows on or in or from land. Other types of plants are aquatic (living in water), epiphytic (living on trees) and lithophytic (living in or on rocks)
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial_plant
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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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woodiness
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&trait=Woodiness
- Definition: a feature of the whole plant, defining the occurrence and distribution of wood (secondary xylem) along the stem
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herb
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190903
- Definition: plant which has no persistent woody stem above ground
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Amazon Water-Lily. View this species on GBIF

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Amazon Water-Lily includes 2 children: