Cassia brewsteri

(F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Cassia

At a glance

Occurrence records554

Data sources6

Biological traits26

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections2

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Cassia brewsteri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility554 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF554 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

01Narrative

Cassia brewsteri, commonly known as Brewster's cassia, Leichhardt bean, cassia pea and bean tree is a species of shrubs or small trees, of the plant family Fabaceae. They grow naturally in Queensland, Australia. They primarily grow in open forest, and occasionally in monsoon forest. Cassia brewsteri, as with other Cassia, produces pinnate leaves. In the case of Cassia brewsteri the leaflets are approximately 5 cm long, bright green, glossy or waxy above and whitish-green below. Flowers are yellow, often with red markings, and produced in racemes. The flowers are followed by round pods, up to 45 cm long. Flowers and pods

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology10

Fruit length300 mm

Fruit width20 mm

Leaf length95 mm

Leaf width15 mm

Plant height30 m

Seed length8 mm

Seed mass143 mg

Seed mass max182 mg

Seed mass min95.55 mg

Seed width7 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timeyynnnnnnyyyy

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Habitat & environment7

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typelegume_indehiscent

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesscompound

Leaf shapenarrowly_ovate oblong

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density676 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Cassia brewsteri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes4

eDNA detections2

Countries2

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.

★matK★rbcL★rbcLatrnH-psbA

plant barcodemarker

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type554 records

Wild obs. + sensor86

Museum / vouchered319

Cultivated / captive1

Other148

Origin

Native29

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 504 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 accuracy67% within 1 km

≤100 m 22≤1 km 6≤10 km 10>10 km 4

42 georeferenced · 44 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 accuracy43% within 1 km

≤100 m 74≤1 km 37≤10 km 119>10 km 29

259 georeferenced · 60 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence319

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 17 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	123
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	60
Smithfield, AU	57
Mount Annan, AU	29
Canberra, AU	23
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	9
Adelaide, AU	4
Kew, GB	2
Armidale, AU	2
Bronx, US	1
Claremont, US	1
Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Queensland Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Kensington, AU	1
Honolulu, US	1
Auckland, NZ	1
BISHlocation not on record	1
Palmerston, AU	1

17 institutions · 317 of 319 vouchered records shown · 2 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 DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Cassia brewsteri 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median20.9 °C 20.9–20.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.6 °C

Max temp (day)26.1 °C

Min temp (night)16.3 °C

Precipitation76.1 mm/mo

Air humidity56.7 %

Moisture balance-48.0 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,085 Pa

Wind speed2.80 m/s

Cloud cover26.0 %

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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