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Dwarf Burhead Pygmy Swordplant

Helanthium tenellum (Mart. ex Schult. fil.) J. G. Sm.

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Helanthium tenellum (Dwarf Burhead Pygmy Swordplant) is a species of perennial herb in the family Alismataceae. They are native to Bahia, Alagoas, Rio De Janeiro, Pampa, Ceará, Distrito Federal, The Contiguous United States, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Tocantins, Pantanal, Amazônia, Cerrado, GoiáS, Rio Grande Do Sul, Mato Grosso, Espirito Santo, Amapá, Maranhao, Mata Atlântica, Santa Catarina, Piauí, ParaíBa, RondôNia, Caatinga, SãO Paulo, Rio Grande Do Norte, Sergipe, Pará, Puerto Rico, Pernambuco, and Roraima. Flowers are visited by Polybia paulista, Brachygastra lecheguana, Melipona asilvai, and Trigona spinipes.

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

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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.wikidata.org/entity/Q184382

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

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3463504

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URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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

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

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URI: https://www.geonames.org/3457415

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

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q157603
Definition: tropical wetland mostly within Brazil, and portions in Bolivia and Paraguay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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EOL has data for 13 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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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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Guyana
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3378535
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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
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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wetland
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000043
- Definition: An area that is inundated or saturated by surface or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support, and that under normal circumstances do support, a prevalence of vegetation typically adapted for life in saturated soil conditions.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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flowers visited by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002623
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Polybia paulista Ihering 1896
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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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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The Contiguous United States
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170
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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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plant lifeform
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900022
- Definition: whole plant lifeform
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aquatic plant
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900044
- Definition: whole plant aquatic
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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 Dwarf Burhead Pygmy Swordplant. View this species on GBIF

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