Carpobrotus muirii — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Carpobrotus

At a glance

Occurrence records106

Data sources8

Biological traits11

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility106 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↗

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 sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF106 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI1 specimens

01Narrative

Carpobrotus muirii (commonly known as dwarf sourfig or Dwerg Suurvy) is a succulent perennial of the family Aizoaceae, native to the Overberg region in the Western Cape, South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height max0.11 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max400 m

Elevation min50 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes2

GenBank sequences2

eDNA detections1

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSAJ438230.1 ↗610 bpSouth Africa

ACGT

GATCATTGTGAAAACTGCCATGCAGAACGACCCGTGAACACGTTTAAACACATGGGAGGGACGCATGCGGCCTCGCGCCGCCTGCCCCCT …

Carpobrotus muirii 5.8S rRNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1) and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)

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.

matK1ITS1

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type106 records

Wild obs. + sensor86

Museum / vouchered20

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO204 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 73≤1 km 8>10 km 3

84 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor86

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 · 20 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence20

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 institutions2 of 2 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	13
Pretoria, ZA	6

2 institutions · 19 of 20 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Carpobrotus muirii 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.