Ceropegia ciliatioris — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Apocynaceae/Ceropegia

At a glance

Occurrence records0

Data sources5

Biological traits10

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Ceropegia ciliatioris's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page3 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources10 traits

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 44

01Narrative

Orbea ciliata, called the starfish stapelia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa. A succulent, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.11 m

Plant height min0.03 m

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 200 m

Elevation min600 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

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 Ceropegia ciliatioris has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Ceropegia ciliatioris 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 = 44 n = 22

Ploidypolyploid inferred

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

2n 441×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Albers, F. & M. Austmann. 1987. Chromosome Number Reports 95. Taxon 36: 493–496.

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

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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