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Wild Birdnest Fern

Asplenium serratum L.

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Asplenium serratum (Wild Birdnest Fern) is a species of perennial herb in the family spleenworts. They have a self-supporting growth form. They are native to Amapá, Minas Gerais, Santa Catarina, Pará, Piauí, Espirito Santo, The Contiguous United States, Mata Atlântica, Puerto Rico, Mato Grosso, U.S. Virgin Islands, SãO Paulo, Bahia, Amazônia, Alagoas, GoiáS, Paraná, Pernambuco, RondôNia, Maranhao, Ceará, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Rio De Janeiro, ParaíBa, Acre (Brazil), and Roraima. They have simple, broad leaves. They have alternation of generations.

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://eol.org/schema/terms/self-supportingGrowthForm
Definition: an organism relying on its own supportive tissues rather than a climbing habit to achieve vertical growth

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/alternatingReproduction
Definition: Organisms with a life cycle that features alternation of generations with sexual and asexual reproduction.

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EOL has data for 20 attributes, including:

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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Florida
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/4155751
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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 morphology
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0019932
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broad
- 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.
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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.
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leaf venation shape
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0000562
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anadromous (leaves)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/anadromous
- Definition: a venation pattern in which the first vein in a given segment arises on the side of the leaf segment toward the apex
- Attribution: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/glossary/glossary-details/?irn=252
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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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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:\r\n\r\nCO2 + H2O + RuBP → (2) 3-phosphoglycerate\r\n\r\nThis 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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non-woody epiphyte
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/non-woodyEpipyte
- Definition: Non-woody plants growing attached to external support without contact to the ground. Non-woody hemiepiphytes either germinate on other plants and then establish roots in the ground, or germinate on the ground and later disconnect from the soil
- Attribution: Engemann, K. , Sandel, B. , Boyle, B. , Enquist, B. J., Jørgensen, P. M., Kattge, J. , McGill, B. J., Morueta‐Holme, N. , Peet, R. K., Spencer, N. J., Violle, C. , Wiser, S. K. and Svenning, J. (2016), A plant growth form dataset for the New World. Ecology, 97: 3243-3243. doi:10.1002/ecy.1569
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spore arrangement
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/sporeArrangement
- Definition: The important feature of homospory is the four fold division involved in spore production, this takes the form of either a tetrahedra which gives a trilete (Y shaped scar) spore or a tetragon which gives a monolete (single linear scar) spore.
- Attribution: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html
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monolete
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/monolete
- Definition: spores bearing a single linear scar, indicating that they were arranged in a tetragonal spore tetrad
- Attribution: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/GeolSci/micropal/spore.html
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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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GOET

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of wild birdnest fern. View this species on GBIF

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