Dactylanthus taylorii — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Santalales/Mystropetalaceae/Dactylanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records97

Data sources6

Biological traits3

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Dactylanthus taylorii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility97 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources3 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS38 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF97 records

01Narrative

Dactylanthus taylorii, commonly known in English as wood rose and in Māori as te pua o te rēinga, is a fully parasitic flowering plant, the only one endemic to New Zealand. The host tree responds to the presence of Dactylanthus by forming a burl-like structure that resembles a fluted wooden rose (hence the common name). When the flowers emerge on the forest floor, they are pollinated by a ground-foraging species of native bat.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteobligatory

Habitat & environment2

Climatesubtropical

Woodinessnon-woody

03Chemical composition38 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Hydrocarbons9

Acyclic monoterpenoids5

Fatty alcohols4

Wax monoesters4

Cinnamic acids and derivatives3

Documented compounds38 total

Compound	Amount	Source
(2S)-3-methylbutan-2-ol	present	LOTUS
(2S)-4-methyl-2-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyran	present	LOTUS
2-Butenoic acid, ethyl ester	present	LOTUS
2-Methyl-2-buten-1-ol	present	LOTUS
2-Methylbut-2-en-1-ol	present	LOTUS
2-Phenylethanol	present	LOTUS
3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadienol	present	LOTUS
3-(Methylthio)-1-propene	present	LOTUS
3-Methyl-2-butenal	present	LOTUS
3-Methyl-3-buten-2-ol, (R)-	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type97 records

Wild obs. + sensor67

Museum / vouchered30

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO344 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 67

67 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor67

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 2

2 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence30

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 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Rotorua, NZ	23
Christchurch, NZ	4
Hobart, AU	1
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	1
Wellington, NZ	1

5 institutions · 30 of 30 vouchered records shown