LifeFormClass
General appearance. Characteristic mode of growth or occurrence associated to its environment, particularly for plants. Comprising its size, shape, texture and orientation.
##Atomized branch##
LifeForm element in structured format.
In DetailClass Value field a controlled vocabulary is recommended.
e.g. Tree, shrubs, herbs (Raunkiær plant life-form system).
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raunki%C3%A6r_plant_life-form.
Class: [DetailClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/DetailClass)
Ancillary information of the LifeFormAtomized element.
Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)
##Unstructured branch##
LifeForm element in text block format.
Class: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)
Ancillary information of the LifeFormUnstructured element.
Class: [AncillaryDataClass] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/AncillaryDataClass)
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Complex Type |
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Sequence structure |
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Choice structure |
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Obligatory element |
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Optional element |
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minOccurs=0 maxOccurs=unbounded |
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minOccurs=1 maxOccurs=unbounded |