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Bahia Grass

Paspalum notatum Flüggé

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Paspalum notatum (Bahia Grass) is a species of perennial herb in the family true grasses. They are native to GoiáS, Cerrado, Eastern North America, Acre (Brazil), Amazônia, Rio Grande Do Sul, Santa Catarina, Amapá, Pampa, Puerto Rico, Pará, Distrito Federal, Minas Gerais, SãO Paulo, Espirito Santo, U.S. Virgin Islands, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Bahia, Mata Atlântica, The Contiguous United States, Rio De Janeiro, Mato Grosso, and Paraná. Flowers are visited by Melissodes bimaculatus, Bombus medius, Common Eastern Bumblebee, and Agapostemon splendens. Individuals can grow to 56 cm.

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://www.geonames.org/3462372

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

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URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/eastern_north_america
Definition: From the Atlantic to central North America. May include Saskatchewan, Texas, and/or Guanajuato

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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EOL has data for 28 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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dry mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/dryMass
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0.043 g
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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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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optimal growth pH
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthpH
- Definition: The pH of a medium (water column, soil moisture) at which the growth rate of an organism is typically optimized
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6.2
optimal growth temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/OptimalGrowthTemperature
- Definition: Optimal temperature conditions for cell division
- Attribution: Created by Anne Thessen
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30 degrees celsius
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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c4 photosynthetic plant
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q283604
- Definition: a photosynthetic process in some plants. It is the first step in extracting carbon from carbon dioxide to be able to use it in sugar and other biomolecules. It is one of three known processes for carbon fixation. The C4 in one of the names refers to the four-carbon molecule that is the first product of this type of carbon fixation.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C4_carbon_fixation
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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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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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Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15670
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used for
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Uses
- Definition: The uses of the organism or products derived from the organism.
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ornamental
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q199182
- Definition: cultivated for decorative purposes
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wet mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/wetMass
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0.14 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Bahia grass. View this species on GBIF

2010 Moorea Biocode cc-by-nc-sa-3.0