Cleistanthus schlechteri

(Pax) Hutch. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Phyllanthaceae/Cleistanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records50

Data sources9

Biological traits20

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections4

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Cleistanthus schlechteri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility50 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS11 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF50 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

Cleistanthus schlechteri is a plant species first described by Pax, with its current name after Hutchinson; it is included in the family Phyllanthaceae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology3

Plant height10 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 10 m · TRY: 20 m

Plant height max18 m

Plant height min4.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max120 m

Elevation min30 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTriverine or in dry forest

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry4

Leaf n21.23 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)9.5 mm²/mg

Wood density633 mg/cm³

03Chemical composition11 compounds

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

Compound class profile3 classes

Flavones3

Cleistanthane diterpenoids1

Flavanones1

Documented compounds11 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2R)-2-[(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methyl]-2-hydroxybutanedioic acid	present	NPASS
(2R)-Eriodictyol-7-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside	present	NPASS
(2S,3R,4aR,10aS)-8-ethenyl-1,1,4a,7-tetramethyl-2,3,4,9,10,10a-hexahydrophenanthrene-2,3,6-triol	present	LOTUS
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	present	NPASS
Eucomic Acid	present	NPASS
Hydroquinone	present	NPASS
Hypolaetin-8-glucoside	present	NPASS
luteolin 6-C-beta-D-glucopyranoside	present	NPASS
MOSIEOKDQSGUKN-FSPLSTOPSA-N	present	NPASS
VYDMSJMCDXSXHU-BQBZGAKWSA-N	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding6 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 Cleistanthus schlechteri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes2

eDNA detections4

Countries1

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★rbcLa

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type50 records

Wild obs. + sensor9

Museum / vouchered41

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO160 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 accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 2≤10 km 1

7 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9

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 · 41 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence41

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 institutions3 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	13
Kew, GB	8
University of Johannesburglocation not on record	4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
Pretoria, ZA	2
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record	1
Saint Louis, US	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
UJlocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 34 of 41 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Cleistanthus schlechteri 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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 median20.8 °C 20.2–23.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.80 °C

Max temp (day)26.4 °C 25.4–28.9

Min temp (night)15.8 °C 14.9–19.1

Precipitation24.3 mm/mo 21.4–56.1

Air humidity57.9 % 56.6–59.9

Moisture balance-64.5 mm/mo -72.3–-56.0

Vapour deficit1,030 Pa 950–1,293

Wind speed1.90 m/s 1.80–2.00

Cloud cover16.6 % 12.7–29.3

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · 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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