Aloe maculata
All. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Aloe maculata's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 962 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Aloe maculata, connue aussi sous son ancienne appellation scientifique Aloe saponaria et son nom vernaculaire d’Aloès maculé ou Aloès zébré, est une espèce acaule d'aloès originaire d'Afrique du Sud et de ses pays limitrophes.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction8
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Aloe maculata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds21 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-3,4-Dihydro-3,6,9-trihydroxy-8-methylanthracen-1(2h)-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-3,6,9-trihydroxy-1-methyl-8-oxo-2-anthracenecarboxylic acid methyl ester | present | LOTUS | |
| (2S,4R)-4,9-dihydroxy-2-methoxy-6-methyl-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-anthracen-1-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,3,6-Trihydroxy-8-methylanthraquinone | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,4,8-Trihydroxy-2-methoxy-6-methylanthracene-9,10-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,5,8-Trihydroxy-3-methyl-9,10-anthracenedione | present | LOTUS | |
| 1-(1,8-dihydroxy-6-methyl-9-oxo-10H-anthracen-2-yl)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-methylanthracene-9,10-dione | present | LOTUS | |
| 10-(1,8-dihydroxy-6-methyl-9-oxo-10H-anthracen-2-yl)-1,8,10-trihydroxy-3-methylanthracen-9-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 3,9-dihydroxy-8-methyl-6-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-anthracen-1-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 4,8,9-trihydroxy-2-methoxy-6-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-anthracen-1-one | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aloe maculata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Aloe maculata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 1422×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +6
n 71×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type3 962 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions27 of 43 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Adelaide, AU | 31 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 19 |
| Brisbane, AU | 18 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 17 |
| Auckland, NZ | 9 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 8 |
| Canberra, AU | 7 |
| Hobart, AU | 6 |
| València, ES | 5 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 4 |
| San Diego, US | 4 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 3 |
| Kensington, AU | 3 |
| Armidale, AU | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 3 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| Irvine, US | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 1 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| GRAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Miami, US | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Palmerston, AU | 1 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 1 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Aloe maculata was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.