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Eriotheca gracilipes

Eriotheca gracilipes · Malvaceae

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1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence: Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions: No test or rating condition is normalized.
Fire ecology context: No section-reviewed fire-ecology context is normalized.
Placement evidence: 0 source placement records; source schemes remain separate.
Evidence regions: Global
Maintenance: No sourced horticultural maintenance assertion is normalized; fire-test conditions do not supply maintenance advice.

2. Why this plant is relevant here

State distribution: No state distribution is normalized.
Native range: No current cited or legacy state native range is normalized.
Introduced / established: No introduced or established row is normalized; that does not prove native status.
USDA hardiness: No hardiness value is normalized.

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

Legal-list status: Set a location for an exact legal-list result; source silence is not clearance.
Seed-list status: Set a location to compare the separate state noxious-weed seed layer.
Reported invasive here: No ecological invasive report is normalized; that does not prove noninvasiveness.
Broader regional context: Aggregate AK, HI, and L48 evidence is shown only as regional context, never as an exact-state finding.
Federal context: Federal designations remain separate from state legal-list results.

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Form: tree
Region: Brazil
Rated in: Global
Family: Malvaceae
Evidence: 10 cited sources

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Listed without a rating (10)

FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

10 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.
- “time to flaming (s): 17.62” · score 17.62 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 309; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Americo2021-1; sampling ND. Primary study Americo2021: Americo, N., Epifanio, M. L. F. G., de Almeida Sousa, H. G., de Souza, P. B., da Silva, F.d.C.S., Batista, A. C., ... Giongo, M. (2021). Avaliação da inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do Cerrado. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 9, 187-191.
- “flaming duration (s): 16.55” · score 16.55 (FLAMITS — flaming duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 315; Sustainability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Americo2021-1; sampling ND. Primary study Americo2021: Americo, N., Epifanio, M. L. F. G., de Almeida Sousa, H. G., de Souza, P. B., da Silva, F.d.C.S., Batista, A. C., ... Giongo, M. (2021). Avaliação da inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do Cerrado. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 9, 187-191.
- “flame height (cm): 16.42” · score 16.42 (FLAMITS — flame height (cm))
  
  FLAMITS record 321; Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Americo2021-1; sampling ND. Primary study Americo2021: Americo, N., Epifanio, M. L. F. G., de Almeida Sousa, H. G., de Souza, P. B., da Silva, F.d.C.S., Batista, A. C., ... Giongo, M. (2021). Avaliação da inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do Cerrado. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 9, 187-191.
- “ignition frequency (%): 2” · score 2 (FLAMITS — ignition frequency (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 327; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Americo2021-1; sampling ND. Primary study Americo2021: Americo, N., Epifanio, M. L. F. G., de Almeida Sousa, H. G., de Souza, P. B., da Silva, F.d.C.S., Batista, A. C., ... Giongo, M. (2021). Avaliação da inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do Cerrado. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 9, 187-191.
- “flammability value: 3” · score 3 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 333; Ignitability measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Americo2021-1; sampling ND. Primary study Americo2021: Americo, N., Epifanio, M. L. F. G., de Almeida Sousa, H. G., de Souza, P. B., da Silva, F.d.C.S., Batista, A. C., ... Giongo, M. (2021). Avaliação da inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do Cerrado. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 9, 187-191.
- “time to flaming (s): 17.62” · score 17.62 (FLAMITS — time to flaming (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 12706; Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Silva2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Silva2019: Silva, F. C. D. S., Rodrigues-Duarte, B.V., Ganassoli-Neto, E., Viana-Sousa, I., Cardoso-Silva, M.V., Moreira-Santos, M., ... Giongo, M. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do cerrado stricto sensu. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 7, 315-319.
- “flame height (cm): 16.42” · score 16.42 (FLAMITS — flame height (cm))
  
  FLAMITS record 12712; Combustibility measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Silva2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Silva2019: Silva, F. C. D. S., Rodrigues-Duarte, B.V., Ganassoli-Neto, E., Viana-Sousa, I., Cardoso-Silva, M.V., Moreira-Santos, M., ... Giongo, M. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do cerrado stricto sensu. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 7, 315-319.
- “burning duration (s): 16.55” · score 16.55 (FLAMITS — burning duration (s))
  
  FLAMITS record 12718; Sustainability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Silva2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Silva2019: Silva, F. C. D. S., Rodrigues-Duarte, B.V., Ganassoli-Neto, E., Viana-Sousa, I., Cardoso-Silva, M.V., Moreira-Santos, M., ... Giongo, M. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do cerrado stricto sensu. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 7, 315-319.
- “ignition frequency (%): 2” · score 2 (FLAMITS — ignition frequency (%))
  
  FLAMITS record 12724; Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Silva2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Silva2019: Silva, F. C. D. S., Rodrigues-Duarte, B.V., Ganassoli-Neto, E., Viana-Sousa, I., Cardoso-Silva, M.V., Moreira-Santos, M., ... Giongo, M. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do cerrado stricto sensu. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 7, 315-319.
- “flammability value: 3” · score 3 (FLAMITS — flammability value)
  
  FLAMITS record 12730; Ignitability measurement; plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Silva2019-1; sampling ND. Primary study Silva2019: Silva, F. C. D. S., Rodrigues-Duarte, B.V., Ganassoli-Neto, E., Viana-Sousa, I., Cardoso-Silva, M.V., Moreira-Santos, M., ... Giongo, M. (2019). Inflamabilidade de espécies vegetais do cerrado stricto sensu. Journal of Biotechnology and Biodiversity, 7, 315-319.

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