Cyphia volubilis — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Campanulaceae/Cyphia

At a glance

Occurrence records403

Data sources4

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Cyphia volubilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility403 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF403 records

01Narrative

Cyphia volubilis is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cyphia, endemic to the Western Cape. It is a type of Fynbos climbing plant that uses a host to get its own flowers above ground. It has a bilabiate corolla; with 3 lobes on top and 2 at the bottom.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max1 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formclimbing tuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberobligatory

Elevation max1 500 m

Elevation min30 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Climber

Woodinessnon-woody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type403 records

Wild obs. + sensor385

Museum / vouchered18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO728 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 277≤1 km 43≤10 km 10>10 km 5

335 georeferenced · 50 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor385

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence18

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 institutions4 of 7 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Cape Town, ZA	8
Civico Museo di Scienze naturali Giuseppe Orlandilocation not on record	4
Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record	2
Flagstaff, US	1
Pretoria, ZA	1
Philadelphia, US	1
PRClocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 18 of 18 vouchered records shown