Carpanthea pomeridiana

(L.) N.E.Br. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Carpanthea

At a glance

Occurrence records343

Data sources8

Biological traits22

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections3

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Carpanthea pomeridiana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility343 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & 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 sources22 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF343 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Carpanthea pomeridiana, the afternoon carpanthea, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carpanthea, native to the western Cape Provinces of South Africa, and introduced to New South Wales, Australia. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology6

Leaf length80 mm

Leaf width15 mm

Plant height max0.3 m

Seed mass0.912 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.912 mg · GIFT: 0.86 mg

Seed mass max1.22 mg

Seed mass min0.5 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Dispersal typewater

Life formsucculent annual

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max900 m

Elevation min50 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf shapelanceolate

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Carpanthea pomeridiana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

eDNA detections3

Countries1

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.

★rbcL★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Carpanthea pomeridiana 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 = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode4records

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

2n 184×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ihlenfeldt, H. D. & M. Gerbaulet. 1990. Untersuchungen zum Merkmalsbestand und zur Taxonomie der Gattungen Apatesia N. E. Br., Carpanthea N. E. Br., Conicosia N. E. Br., Herrea Schwantes und Hymenogyne Haw. (Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 111: 457–498.

CCDB · book-fedorov — de Vos 1947

CCDB · book-fedorov — Sugiura 1937b, 1940b

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type343 records

Wild obs. + sensor281

Museum / vouchered62

Origin

Introduced31

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO552 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 185≤1 km 61≤10 km 2>10 km 2

250 georeferenced · 31 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor281

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 · 62 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence62

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 institutions3 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Cape Town, ZA	33
Pretoria, ZA	16
University of Hamburglocation not on record	4
Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record	2
GHPG$location not on record	2
Saint Louis, US	1
LDlocation not on record	1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
MSB-3054location not on record	1

9 institutions · 61 of 62 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Carpanthea pomeridiana 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median18.8 °C 18.8–18.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.6 °C

Max temp (day)26.6 °C

Min temp (night)11.7 °C

Precipitation34.5 mm/mo

Air humidity48.3 %

Moisture balance-98.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,186 Pa

Wind speed2.90 m/s

Cloud cover16.3 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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