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Dioscorea piperifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

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Dioscorea piperifolia is a species of plants in the family Dioscoreaceae. They are climbers. They are native to Cerrado, Distrito Federal, Tocantins, Rio De Janeiro, Sergipe, Paraná, Piauí, Pernambuco, RondôNia, Maranhao, Caatinga, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Amazônia, Bahia, Ceará, Acre (Brazil), Mato Grosso, Pará, Minas Gerais, ParaíBa, Santa Catarina, Espirito Santo, Mata Atlântica, Alagoas, Rio Grande Do Sul, GoiáS, and SãO Paulo. They have capsule fruit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3408096

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

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

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

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce

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EOL has data for 11 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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ecoregion
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q295469
- Definition: ecologically and geographically defined area that is smaller than a biogeographic realm
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Restinga
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3305106
- Definition: Atlantic Coast Restingas, ecoregion. Vegetation complex ocurring in the seaside lowlands of Brazil, establishing over sea deposits of sandy sediment. It comprises open or scrubby profiles nearer the beaches, while inland it is forms tall forests.
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fruit type
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/TO_0000850
- Definition: A fruit anatomy and morphology trait (TO:0002629) which is associated with the type of a fruit (PO:0009001).
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: PO:0009001] [database_cross_reference: TO:moorel]
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capsule fruit
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PO_0030091
- Definition: a fruit which develops from a gynoecium and at maturity comprises a dry exocarp, dry mesocarp, and dry endocarp that usually dehisce
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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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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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Acre (Brazil)
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3665474
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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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climber
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900035
- Definition: whole plant lianescent or scandent; eg: liana or vine
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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 Dioscorea piperifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.. View this species on GBIF

Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil cc-by-nc-sa