Blandfordia nobilis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Blandfordiaceae/Blandfordia

At a glance

Occurrence records1 184

Data sources9

Biological traits31

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Blandfordia nobilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 184 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 184 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 34

01Narrative

Blandfordia nobilis, commonly known as Christmas bells or gadigalbudyari in Cadigal language, is a flowering plant endemic to New South Wales. It is a tufted, perennial herbs with narrow, linear leaves and between three and twenty large, drooping, cylindrical to bell-shaped flowers. The flowers are brownish red with yellow tips. It is one of four species of Blandfordia known as Christmas bells, this one growing on the coast and ranges south of Sydney.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology8

Fruit length60 mm

Leaf length675 mm

Leaf length max750 mm

Leaf mass per area265 g/m2

Leaf size2 000 mm²

Leaf width5 mm

Plant height0.6 m

Seed mass2.82 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 2.82 mg · AusTraits: 1.25 mg

Life cycle & reproduction11

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeself

Flowering timeyynnnnnnnnyy

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years60 years

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 60 years · AusTraits: 42.5 years

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Reproductive maturity1 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 Blandfordia nobilis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

GenBank sequences2

eDNA detections1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

rbcLY14984.1 ↗1 367 bp

ACGT

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNAAGTGTTGGATTTAAAGCTGGTGTTAAAGATTACAAATTGACTTATTATACTCCTGACTACGAA …

Blandfordia nobilis chloroplast rbcL gene, partial

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★rbcL2

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Blandfordia nobilis 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 = 34 n = 17

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

2n 341×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Briggs (Di Fulvio, Cave 1964)

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 184 records

Wild obs. + sensor993

Museum / vouchered186

Cultivated / captive5

Origin

Native62

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 560 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 660≤1 km 102≤10 km 58>10 km 31

851 georeferenced · 142 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor993

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 accuracy29% within 1 km

≤100 m 16≤1 km 30≤10 km 93>10 km 20

159 georeferenced · 27 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence186

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 2

5 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living5

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 institutions13 of 18 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	62
Canberra, AU	48
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	26
Brisbane, AU	8
Armidale, AU	7
Adelaide, AU	7
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	5
Wollongong, AU	4
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	3
LDlocation not on record	3
Hobart, AU	2
South Kensington, GB	2
Batemans Bay, AU	2
Palmerston, AU	2
Wuzhou, CN	1
Columbia, US	1
Kew, GB	1
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record	1

18 institutions · 185 of 186 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Blandfordia nobilis 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

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

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.

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Blandfordia nobilis

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology8

Life cycle & reproduction11

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry1

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 184 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions13 of 18 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type1 184 records