Lesser Asparagus

Asparagus acutifolius L.

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Asparagus acutifolius (Lesser Asparagus) is a species of perennial herb in the family Asparagaceae. It is a climber. It has simple, broad leaves and fleshy fruit. Flowers are visited by Paragus. Lesser Asparagus is a photoautotroph. Individuals can grow to 1 m. Reproduction is dioecious.

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: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190903
Definition: plant which has no persistent woody stem above ground

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900035
Definition: whole plant lianescent or scandent; eg: liana or vine

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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://eol.org/schema/terms/fleshyFruit
Definition: A fruit with at least one tissue that is succulent at maturity.
Attribution: http://www.uv.es/jgpausas/brot.htm

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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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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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EOL has data for 31 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 lamina area
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Leaflet_lamina_area
- Definition: the area of the leaflet lamina in the one sided projection
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2.9 mm^2
Vegetative plant height
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Plant_height_vegetative
- Definition: the plant height considering the highest vegetative component
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0.68 m
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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terrestrial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
- Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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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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evergreen
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001733
- Definition: Evergreen (plant): A quality inhering in a plant by virtue of the bearer's disposition to retain foliage.
- 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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parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Definition: automatically added during harvest
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Neochrysocharis formosus
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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herb
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q190903
- Definition: plant which has no persistent woody stem above ground
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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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seed dry mass
- URI: http://top-thesaurus.org/annotationInfo?viz=1&&trait=Seed_dry_mass
- Definition: the mass of a seed, assessed after drying
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37 mg
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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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Lesser Asparagus. View this species on GBIF

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