Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.

Susan J. Hewitt cc-by-nc-4.0

Malvastrum americanum is a species of shrub in the family Malvaceae. They are native to Sergipe, SãO Paulo, The Contiguous United States, Bahia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Rio De Janeiro, Mata Atlântica, Espirito Santo, Puerto Rico, Cerrado, Mato Grosso Do Sul, and Minas Gerais. Flowers are visited by Dorantes Longtail, Anatrytone logan, Augochloropsis callichroa, and Turk's-Cap White-Skipper.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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/3457415

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

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EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

is eaten by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002471
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Calycomyza malvae Burgess 1880
host of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002453
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Acanthoscelides malvastrumicis
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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Cerrado
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q278512
- Definition: tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil
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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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India
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/1269750
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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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U.S. Virgin Islands
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4796775
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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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shrub
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034
- Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub
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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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Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15534
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.. View this species on GBIF

Susan J. Hewitt cc-by-nc-4.0

Malvastrum americanum includes 1 child:

Malvastrum americanum var. stellatum S. R. Hill