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Spiral Ginger

Costus scaber Ruiz & Pav.

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Costus scaber (Spiral Ginger) is a species of shrub in the family Costaceae. They are native to Tocantins, Cerrado, Amazônia, GoiáS, Pará, Bahia, Maranhao, Minas Gerais, Roraima, RondôNia, Acre (Brazil), Mata Atlântica, Espirito Santo, Mato Grosso, and Amapá. Flowers are visited by Rufous-breasted Hermit, Golden-tailed Sapphire, Pale-tailed Barbthroat, and Long-tailed Hermit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457153

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3662560

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3407762

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EOL has data for 11 attributes, including:

is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Colaptes rubiginosus (Swainson 1820) (Golden-olive Woodpecker)
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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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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Peru
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488
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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 and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/tropical_and_subtropical_moist_broadleaf_forests
- Attribution: https://www.worldwildlife.org/biomes/tropical-and-subtropical-moist-broadleaf-forests
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flowers visited by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002623
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Threnetes leucurus (Linnaeus 1766) (Pale-tailed Barbthroat)
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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Minas Gerais
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457153
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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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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of spiral ginger. View this species on GBIF

Dave Skinner cc-by-nc-4.0