Aptosimum spinescens

(Thunb.) Emil Weber · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Aptosimum

At a glance

Occurrence records503

Data sources3

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Aptosimum spinescens's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility503 records↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS6 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF503 records

01Narrative

Aptosimum spinescens là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Huyền sâm. Loài này được (L.Bolus) F.E.Weber mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1907.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Plant height max0.69 m

Plant height min0.02 m

Seed mass55.31 mg

Seed mass max55.31 mg

Seed mass min55.31 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Dispersal typewater

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 000 m

Elevation min170 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

03Chemical composition6 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Isocomane sesquiterpenoids2

Illudane sesquiterpenoids1

Chamigrane sesquiterpenoids1

Humulane sesquiterpenoids1

Silphinane sesquiterpenoids1

Documented compounds6 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(-)-Isocomene	present	NPASS
(-)-Modhephene	present	NPASS
(1S,2S,5R,8R)-2,5,8-trimethyl-6-methylidenetricyclo[6.3.0.01,5]undecane	present	NPASS
1-Silfinene	present	NPASS
[(1R,2R,5R,6S)-2,4,6-trimethyl-2-tricyclo[3.3.3.01,5]undec-3-enyl]methyl acetate	present	NPASS
Humulene	present	NPASS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type503 records

Wild obs. + sensor267

Museum / vouchered236

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 588 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 159≤1 km 32≤10 km 8>10 km 13

212 georeferenced · 55 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor267

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1>10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 234 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence236

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 institutions6 of 7 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	192
Cape Town, ZA	18
Kew, GB	7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	6
Zürich, CH	2
Görlitz, DE	1
Bronx, US	1

7 institutions · 227 of 236 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code

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