Cassinia uncata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Cassinia

At a glance

Occurrence records2

Data sources7

Biological traits35

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Cassinia uncata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources35 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS46 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 records

01Narrative

Cassinia uncata, commonly known as sticky cassinia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is native to inland New South Wales and the south-east of South Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young stems, narrow linear to needle-shaped leaves, and heads of off-white to cream-coloured flowers arranged in rounded, almost conical panicles.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology15

Fruit length0.8 mm

Leaf length12 mm

Leaf length max30 mm

Leaf length min10 mm

Leaf mass3 mg

Leaf mass per area256 g/m2

Leaf size10.5 mm²

Leaf width1 mm

Leaf width max1 mm

Plant height1.75 m

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 1.75 m · TRY: 1.5 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed mass0.113 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.113 mg · AusTraits: 0.07 mg · GIFT: 0.12 mg

Seed mass max0.12 mg

Seed mass min0.12 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typeachene

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapestrap-shaped terete

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)3.93 mm²/mg

03Chemical composition46 compounds

Compounds documented for Cassinia uncata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Eudesmane sesquiterpenoids12

Furocoumarins $ Simple coumarins4

Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids3

Cadinane sesquiterpenoids3

Caryophyllane sesquiterpenoids3

Documented compounds46 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-1(10),4-Cadinadiene	present	LOTUS
(-)-Caryophyllene	present	LOTUS
(-)-gamma-Cadinene	present	LOTUS
(-)-Isocaryophyllene	present	LOTUS
(1aS,7R,7aS,7bS)-1,1,4,7-tetramethyl-1a,2,3,5,6,7,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[e]azulene	present	LOTUS
(1E,5E,8R)-5-methyl-8-(3-oxoprop-1-en-2-yl)cyclodeca-1,5-diene-1-carbaldehyde	present	LOTUS
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo(4.4.0.02,7)dec-3-ene	present	LOTUS
(1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aS,9S,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a-(hydroxymethyl)-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysen-9-ol	present	LOTUS
(1R,4S,6S,10S)-4,12,12-trimethyl-9-methylidene-5-oxatricyclo[8.2.0.04,6]dodecane	present	LOTUS
(1S,2E,10R)-3,7,11,11-tetramethylbicyclo[8.1.0]undeca-2,6-diene	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 records

Museum / vouchered2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO8 km²

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 · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

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
EL PASO, US	1
Minia, EG	1

2 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown

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