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Bloodflower

Asclepias curassavica L.

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Asclepias curassavica (Bloodflower) is a species of shrub in the family Apocynaceae. They are native to Santa Catarina, Rio De Janeiro, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Caatinga, Acre (Brazil), Mato Grosso, Cerrado, Alagoas, Mata Atlântica, Pantanal, Ceará, Sergipe, Mato Grosso Do Sul, Maranhao, Amapá, Distrito Federal, SãO Paulo, GoiáS, Paraná, Rio Grande Do Sul, Bahia, Piauí, Rio Grande Do Norte, Amazônia, Pampa, and Pará. Flowers are visited by Gray Hairstreak, Danaus plexippus plexippus, Lycorea cleobaea halia, and Monarch.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q375816

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

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

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

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

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

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q157603
Definition: tropical wetland mostly within Brazil, and portions in Bolivia and Paraguay

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

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3395443

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

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

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

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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: https://www.geonames.org/3451133

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

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

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URI: http://www.geonames.org/3390290

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

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q184382

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

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EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

host of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002453
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower)
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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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower)
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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Virgin Islands
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/3577322
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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
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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habitat
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/habitat
- Definition: A category or description of the habitat in which the Event occurred.
- Comment: Example: "oak savanna", "pre-cordilleran steppe"
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non-wetland
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/nwpl_upl
- Definition: non-wetland terrestrial habitat
- Attribution: Lichvar, R.W. and Minkin, P. 2008. Concepts and procedures for updating the National Wetland Plant List. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory ERDC/CRREL TN-08-3, http://rsgisias.crrel.usace.army.mil/NWPL/static/cfg/doc/pdl_2013_pub/National/NWPL_Phytoneuron_2013.pdf
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower)
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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Rio Grande Do Sul
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/3451133
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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: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0022142
- Definition: whole plant herbaceous
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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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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of bloodflower. View this species on GBIF

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