Swordfern

Macrothelypteris torresiana (Gaud.) Ching

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Macrothelypteris torresiana (Swordfern) is a species of herb in the family Thelypteridaceae. They have bipinnate + pinnatifid leaves. They have alternation of generations.

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

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URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bipinnatepinnatifid
Definition: a bipinnately compound leaf, with the pinnae being pinnatifid.
Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnation

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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 9 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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Santa Catarina
- URI: https://www.geonames.org/3450387
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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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terrestrial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000446
- Definition: A biome that applies to the terrestrial realm.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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subtropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000205
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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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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bipinnate + pinnatifid
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bipinnatepinnatifid
- Definition: a bipinnately compound leaf, with the pinnae being pinnatifid.
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnation
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leaf venation structure
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0008074
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parallel/free (leaf veins)
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/freevein
- Definition: veins run parallel and equidistant to each other for most of the length of the leaf; they may converge or fuse (anastomose) towards the apex
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf#Veins
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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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rhizomatous plant
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/FLOPO_0005532
- Definition: a plant having a rhizome, a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes
- Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizome
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reproduction
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0000003
- Definition: The production of new individuals that contain some portion of genetic material inherited from one or more parent organisms
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alternation of generations
- 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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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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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of swordfern. View this species on GBIF

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