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Velvet Tree

Miconia calvescens DC.

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Miconia calvescens (Velvet Tree) is a species of shrub in the family melastomes. They are native to Minas Gerais, Mexico, Brazil, GoiáS, Amazônia, Guatemala, Cerrado, Mata Atlântica, Paraná, Pará, Alagoas, Ecuador, Distrito Federal, Belize, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Pernambuco, Bolivia, Panama, Bahia, Honduras, Colombia, Nicaragua, Mato Grosso, Costa Rica, Rio De Janeiro, Acre (Brazil), Sergipe, Paraguay, Espirito Santo, SãO Paulo, Peru, Ceará, RondôNia, Argentina, and Santa Catarina.

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3469034

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3595528

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3658394

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3582678

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3923057

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3703430

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3608932

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3686110

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3617476

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3624060

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3437598

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3932488

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3865483

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

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EOL has data for 19 attributes, including:

carbon biomass
- URI: http://purl.dataone.org/odo/ECSO_00001143
- Definition: The amount of carbon present in biomass
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2.05 kg
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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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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Mexico
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3996063
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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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woodland canopy
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01001240
- Definition: A canopy which is part of a woodland ecosystem.
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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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Cerrado
- URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q278512
- Definition: tropical savanna ecoregion of Brazil
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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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population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
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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Botanische Staatssammlung München
- URI: http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15637
- Definition: a gbif dataset
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wood density
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_1000040
- Definition: Secondary xylem volumetric density. Any measurable or observable characteristic related to the volumetric density of a secondary xylem.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:TermGenie] [database_cross_reference: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01285.x]
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0.4 g/cm^3

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of velvet tree from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility

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