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Lavoisiera bergii

Lavoisiera bergii (accepted: Microlicia cataphracta) · Melastomataceae

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Lavoisiera bergii records on list recommendation. On microlicia cataphracta, limited evidence is the next bergii fact. The citations do not collapse — Lavoisiera bergii. on list does not replace limited evidence on microlicia cataphracta.

On microlicia cataphracta, Lavoisiera bergii also carries Thermal analysis of low-flammability for bergii.

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Form
shrub
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Federal District, Brazil; Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
Evidence regions
Federal District, Brazil; Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

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.

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.

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Corroboration (2 rows from 1 source)

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

    2 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study deSouza2019: de Souza, M. A., & Vale, A. T. (2019). Levantamento de plantas de baixa inflamabilidade em áreas queimadas de Cerrado no Distrito Federal e análise das suas propriedades físicas. Ciência Florestal, 29, 181.

      Shared row context: Combustibility measurement; plant part leaves; fuel live; predrying no; device calorimeter; site deSouza2019-1; sampling september.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 4492”

        FLAMITS record 2850.

      • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 815.8”

        FLAMITS record 2854.

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