Chasmanthe bicolor

(Gasp.) N.E.Br. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Chasmanthe

At a glance

Occurrence records818

Data sources5

Biological traits31

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Chasmanthe bicolor's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility818 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF818 records

01Narrative

Chasmanthe bicolor is a plant species in the family Iridaceae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology11

Leaf length650 mm

Leaf length max430 mm

Leaf width30 mm

Leaf width max30 mm

Leaf width min30 mm

Plant height0.85 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.85 m · AusTraits: 1 m

Plant height max1.3 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Seed mass83.21 mg

Seed mass max83.21 mg

Seed mass min83.21 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Dispersal typeunspecialized

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Reproduction asexualpresent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTLowland

Leaf shapeensiform

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type818 records

Wild obs. + sensor747

Museum / vouchered70

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native4

Introduced17

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 300 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 accuracy76% within 1 km

≤100 m 414≤1 km 71≤10 km 132>10 km 22

639 georeferenced · 108 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor747

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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 14≤10 km 1

24 georeferenced · 46 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence70

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 institutions14 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
Auckland, NZ	18
Christchurch, NZ	9
Cape Town, ZA	6
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	6
Mount Annan, AU	5
Canberra, AU	5
Wellington, NZ	3
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record	3
Hobart, AU	2
Pretoria, ZA	2
Riverside, US	2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	2
Santa Cruz, US	2
Adelaide, AU	2
South Kensington, GB	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Rotorua, NZ	1

17 institutions · 70 of 70 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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