Carpobrotus glaucescens

(Haw.) Schwantes · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Carpobrotus

At a glance

Occurrence records1 968

Data sources7

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Carpobrotus glaucescens's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 968 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 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 968 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Carpobrotus glaucescens, commonly known as pigface or iceplant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a succulent, prostrate plant with stems up to long, glaucous leaves, daisy-like flowers with 100 to 150 light purple to deep pinkish-purple, petal-like staminodes and red to purple fruit. The fruits ripen mainly in Summer and Autumn.Low, Tim; Wild Food Plants of Australia, Angus & Robertson, 1991, It usually only grows very close to the sea.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology10

Fruit length11.5 mm

Fruit width2 mm

Leaf length35 mm

Leaf length max100 mm

Leaf length min35 mm

Leaf width12 mm

Leaf width max15 mm

Leaf width min9 mm

Plant height0.3 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.3 m · AusTraits: 0.25 m

Seed mass0.233 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeyyyyyyyyyyyy

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinesswoody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: woody · AusTraits: herbaceous · GIFT: non-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayCAM

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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 Carpobrotus glaucescens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Carpobrotus glaucescens 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-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 181×CCDB · brit-fl

CCDB · brit-fl — I'Ons, R.D. Watsonia 17: 244-245 (1989)

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 type1 968 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 707

Museum / vouchered216

Cultivated / captive2

Other43

Origin

Native53

Introduced18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 952 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 1 034≤1 km 233≤10 km 124>10 km 20

1 411 georeferenced · 296 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 707

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 accuracy38% within 1 km

≤100 m 39≤1 km 38≤10 km 107>10 km 19

203 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence216

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 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	66
Mount Annan, AU	54
Canberra, AU	38
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	16
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	6
Wollongong, AU	6
Auckland, NZ	4
Armidale, AU	4
Adelaide, AU	4
Batemans Bay, AU	4
Kew, GB	2
Alicante, ES	1
Wellington, NZ	1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1
Honolulu, US	1

16 institutions · 209 of 216 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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Carpobrotus glaucescens

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology10

Life cycle & reproduction8

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment9

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 968 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions13 of 16 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type1 968 records