Waterclover

Marsilea

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Marsilea (Waterclover) is a genus of herb in the family Marsileaceae. They are associated with freshwater habitat. They are native to Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Canada, and The Contiguous United States. They have pinnate leaves. They have alternation of generations.

URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/6251999

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

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25501895
Definition: type of compound leaf, where leaflets arise at multiple points along a common axis

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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 22 attributes, including:

first appearance
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/FossilFirst
- Definition: The first appearance of this taxon in the fossil record.
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jurassic period
- URI: http://resource.geosciml.org/classifier/ics/ischart/Jurassic
- Attribution: International Chronostratigraphic Chart: http://www.stratigraphy.org/index.php/ics-chart-timescale
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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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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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pinnate
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25501895
- Definition: type of compound leaf, where leaflets arise at multiple points along a common axis
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leaf venation shape
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0000562
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reticulate
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16868813
- Definition: net-like pattern, arrangement, or structure
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leaf venation structure
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008074
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reticulate
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16868813
- Definition: net-like pattern, arrangement, or structure
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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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Hawaii
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/5855797
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number of fossil occurrences
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/fossilOccPBDB
- Definition: The number of fossil occurrences in the Paleobiology Database (https://paleobiodb.org) that are identified as belonging to a particular taxon or any of its subtaxa.
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16
number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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155
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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epihydate
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/epihydate
- Definition: a plant with leaves and/or stems floating on the surface of the water but not rising above the water, roots penetrating the substrate.
- Attribution: GERMISHUIZEN, G. & MEYER, N.L. (eds) 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
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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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trilete
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/trilete
- Definition: spores bearing a Y shaped scar, indicating that they were arranged in a tetrahedral 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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Waterclover

Marsilea

waterclover includes 49 children: