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Swordfern

Nephrolepis

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
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

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Louisiana
URI: http://www.geonames.org/4331987

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Georgia
URI: http://www.geonames.org/614540

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Arizona
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5551752

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Hawaii
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797

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Texas
URI: http://www.geonames.org/4736286

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habitat

Kubitzki et al
terrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446

Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.

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introduced range includes

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The Contiguous United States
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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

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Hawaii
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797

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Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii
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US Minor Outlying Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5854968

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leaf arrangement

Kubitzki et al
close/approximate
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/close

Definition: borne close together, but not fused

Attribution: https://biolwww.usask.ca/rareplants_sk/root/htm/en/researcher/5_gloss.php#R

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leaf complexity

Kubitzki et al
pinnate
URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25501895

Definition: type of compound leaf, where leaflets arise at multiple points along a common axis

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leaf venation structure

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parallel/free (leaf veins)
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/freevein

Definition: veins run parallel and equidistant to each other for most of the length of the leaf; they may converge or fuse (anastomose) towards the apex

Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf#Veins

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native range includes

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

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The Contiguous United States
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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Hawaii
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797

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Pacific Basin excluding Hawaii
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U.S. Virgin Islands
URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775

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number of dna records in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

36

number of public records in bold

Barcode of Life Data Systems

63

number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

43716

number of specimens in ggbn

GGBN data coverage

22

plant growth form

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herb
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142

Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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herb
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142

Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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produces

Rockwell et al
oxygen
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379

Definition: molecular oxygen, O2

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reproduction

Kubitzki et al
alternation of generations
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/alternatingReproduction

Definition: Organisms with a life cycle that features alternation of generations with sexual and asexual reproduction.

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spore arrangement

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monolete
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/monolete

Definition: spores bearing a single linear scar, indicating that they were arranged in a tetragonal spore tetrad

Attribution: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html

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trophic guild

Rockwell et al
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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