Crassula capitella

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Saxifragales/Crassulaceae/Crassula

At a glance

Occurrence records694

Data sources9

Biological traits20

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Crassula capitella's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility694 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF694 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI3 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 42

01Narrative

Crassula capitella, (red flames, red pagoda or campfire plant) is a perennial succulent plant native to southern Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Plant height0.7 m

Plant height max0.4 m

Seed mass0.021 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.021 mg · GIFT: 0.01 mg

Seed mass max0.01 mg

Seed mass min0.01 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formbiennial or subshrub

Life spanbiennial

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 900 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayCAM

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding3 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 Crassula capitella has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

Marker genes3

GenBank sequences8

eDNA detections1

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSMW879410.1 ↗564 bp

ACGT

GGACAAGTTGTTAATTGGAGAGTCAAGGGGAACACTTGTGCTTCCCTTGCCTTTCTGTCGGCCTATGTGATAACTTGCCTTGGCTCGTTC …

Crassula capitella subsp. capitella voucher LivCol_2004-2793 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence

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.

★matK2★rbcL3★ITS3

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Crassula capitella 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 = 42 n = 21

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records42–422n range42median42mode2records

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

2n 422×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — FRIEDRICH, H.-CH. 1973. Contribution to the cytotaxonomy of the genus Crassula. Garcia de Orta, Ser.Bot. 1: 49-66.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Uhl 1948

n 71×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — FRIEDRICH, H.-CH. 1973. Contribution to the cytotaxonomy of the genus Crassula. Garcia de Orta, Ser.Bot. 1: 49-66.

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

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type694 records

Wild obs. + sensor682

Museum / vouchered11

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 120 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 accuracy89% within 1 km

≤100 m 400≤1 km 79≤10 km 17>10 km 40

536 georeferenced · 146 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor682

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

2 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence11

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 institutions3 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	5
South Kensington, GB	2
Zürich, CH	1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
PRClocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 10 of 11 vouchered records shown · 1 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 DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Crassula capitella 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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