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Chinese Yam

Dioscorea polystachya Turcz.

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

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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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United States Species List
United States
URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001

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Japan Species List
Japan
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1861060

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China Species List
China
URI: http://www.geonames.org/1814991

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North Atlantic Species List
north Atlantic
URI: http://www.marineregions.org/gazetteer.php?p=details&id=1912

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habitat

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Environments EOL
coastal
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687

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pond
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000033

Definition: A body of water, usually of smaller size than a lake.

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temperate
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000206

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subterrestrial
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000572

Definition: A habitat that is below the surface of the earth.

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loam
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002258

Definition: A soil composed of sand, silt, and clay in relatively even concentration (about 40-40-20% concentration respectively).

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life cycle habit

Kubitzki et al
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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