Cyanella hyacinthoides

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Tecophilaeaceae/Cyanella

At a glance

Occurrence records1 817

Data sources9

Biological traits23

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections5

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Cyanella hyacinthoides's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 817 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 817 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 48

01Narrative

Cyanella hyacinthoides ("lady's hand" or "Raaptoluintjie") is a species of cormous annual or perennial herb native to the western parts of South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology7

Leaf length225 mm

Plant height0.3 m

Plant height max0.4 m

Plant height min0.15 m

Seed mass1.51 mg

Seed mass max1.51 mg

Seed mass min1.51 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Dispersal typeunspecialized

Life formannual or tuberous geophyte

Life spanannual

⚠ sources differ — TRY: annual · AusTraits: annual perennial · GIFT: perennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 000 m

Elevation min10 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

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 Cyanella hyacinthoides has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

Marker genes3

eDNA detections5

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★rbcL★rbcLa

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Cyanella hyacinthoides 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 = 48 n = 24

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

n 241×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ornduff, R. 1979. Chromosome numbers: Cyanella (Tecophilaeaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 66: 581–583.

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 817 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 635

Museum / vouchered182

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 100 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 220≤1 km 126≤10 km 24>10 km 22

1 392 georeferenced · 243 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 635

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 accuracy15% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 11

13 georeferenced · 169 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence182

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 institutions10 of 18 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	124
Cape Town, ZA	16
Kensington, AU	10
Saint Louis, US	8
Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record	3
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	2
GHPG$location not on record	2
Canberra, AU	2
Civico Museo di Scienze naturali Giuseppe Orlandilocation not on record	1
University of Johannesburglocation not on record	1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	1
Riverside, US	1
Kew, GB	1
Durban, ZA	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Uppsala, SE	1
STUlocation not on record	1
MSB-3049location not on record	1

18 institutions · 177 of 182 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Cyanella hyacinthoides 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 found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 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 median16.6 °C 16.6–16.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.80 °C

Max temp (day)20.9 °C

Min temp (night)12.7 °C

Precipitation94.5 mm/mo

Air humidity59.5 %

Moisture balance-15.1 mm/mo

Vapour deficit785 Pa

Wind speed2.60 m/s

Cloud cover11.4 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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Cyanella hyacinthoides

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology7

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry1

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type1 817 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions10 of 18 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 817 records