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Grand Canyon Century Plant

Agave phillipsiana W. C. Hodgs.

cellularity

Cellularity and growth form
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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fruit type

Kubitzki et al
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

USDA Plants data
Arizona
URI: http://www.geonames.org/5551752

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life cycle habit

USDA Plants data
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

USDA Plants data
The Contiguous United States
URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q578170

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Kubitzki et al
The Americas
URI: http://www.geonames.org/10861432

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number of records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

9

number of research grade records in iNat

iNaturalist data coverage

4

plant growth form

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USDA Plants data
subshrub
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/subshrub

Definition: Low-growing plant usually under 0.5 m (1.5 feet) tall, never exceeding 1 meter (3 feet) tall at maturity.

Attribution: PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html

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USDA Plants data
herb
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142

Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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shrub
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0900034

Definition: whole plant frutescent, bush, shrub

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USDA Plants data
herb
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142

Definition: whole plant herbaceous

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USDA Plants data
subshrub
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/subshrub

Definition: Low-growing plant usually under 0.5 m (1.5 feet) tall, never exceeding 1 meter (3 feet) tall at maturity.

Attribution: PLANTS Database Growth Habits Codes and Definitions: https://plants.usda.gov/growth_habits_def.html

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produces

Rockwell et al
oxygen
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_15379

Definition: molecular oxygen, O2

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trophic guild

Rockwell et al
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

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iDigBio type specimen records

(DES) - Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium {http://www.dbg.org/}
iDigBio type specimen records

(DES) - Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium {http://www.dbg.org/}
iDigBio type specimen records

(ASU) - Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium {https://biokic.asu.edu/vascular-plant-herbarium}
iDigBio type specimen records

(ASU) - Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium {https://biokic.asu.edu/vascular-plant-herbarium}
iDigBio type specimen records

(DES) - Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium {http://www.dbg.org/}