Aloe squarrosa — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asphodelaceae/Aloe

At a glance

Occurrence records6

Data sources8

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Aloe squarrosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility6 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF6 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 14

01Narrative

Aloe squarrosa is a species of flowering plant in the Asphodelaceae family. It is from the island of Socotra, Yemen.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Aloe squarrosa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Anthraquinones and anthrones1

Documented compounds1 total

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
2,8-dihydroxy-1-methoxy-6-methyl-10-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]-10H-anthracen-9-one		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 squarrosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Aloe squarrosa 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.

Chromosomes2n = 14 n = 7

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 141×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — BRANDHAM, P.E. 1971. Chromosomes of the Liliaceae II, Polyploidy and karyotype variation in the Aloineae. Kew Bull. 25: 381-399.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type6 records

Wild obs. + sensor4

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO20 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 4

4 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor4

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.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Uppsala, SE	2

1 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown