dispersal_unit

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• Label: Dispersal unit
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012624
• Type: categorical
• Definition: A reproductive shoot system morphology trait [TO:0000786] which is the plant structure [PO:0009011] involved in dispersal [EnvThes:21038], broadly distinguishing between taxa [NCIT:C40098] whose main dispersal units are spores [NCIT:C79672], seeds [PO:0009010] or fruit [PO:0009001].;Broad terms indicating the plant structure involved in dispersal, distinguishing between taxonomic groups whose main dispersal units are spores, seeds, or fruit.
• Additional comments: None
• Allowed values:

  value	description
  fruit	Dispersal unit is a fruit.
  seed	Dispersal unit is a seed.
  seedling	Dispersal unit is a seedling. (Synonyms, viviparous)
  spore	Dispersal unit is a spore.

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012624) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 21 records. This includes:

• data for 21 species.
• data for 14 families.
• data from 4 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)