Delosperma lavisiae

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Delosperma

At a glance

Occurrence records51

Data sources5

Biological traits17

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Delosperma lavisiae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility51 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources17 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS6 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF51 records

01Narrative

Delosperma lavisiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Aizoaceae, native to South Africa and Lesotho. It goes by a number of common names relating to its habitat, growing as high as up in the Drakensberg mountains; Drakensberg ice plant, Drakensberg vygie, and mountain vygie. A matforming, cold hardy succulent, able to withstand occasional frosts as low as , it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology3

Leaf size23.79 mm²

Plant height0.021 m

Plant height max0.09 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max3 415 m

Elevation min730 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)54.56 mg/g

Specific leaf area (SLA)4.38 mm²/mg

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition6 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Betalain alkaloids6

Documented compounds6 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2R)-1-[(2E)-2-[(2R)-2,6-dicarboxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyridin-4-ylidene]ethylidene]-6-hydroxy-5-[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydroindol-1-ium-2-carboxylate	present	LOTUS
(2S)-1-[2-[(2S)-2,6-dicarboxy-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyridin-4-ylidene]ethylidene]-6-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydroindol-1-ium-2-carboxylate	present	LOTUS
(2S)-4-[2-[(2S)-2-carboxy-6-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydroindol-1-yl]ethenyl]-2,3-dihydropyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
Betanidin	present	LOTUS
Betanidine	present	LOTUS
Betanin	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type51 records

Wild obs. + sensor36

Museum / vouchered11

Cultivated / captive4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO164 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 26≤1 km 4≤10 km 1

31 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor36

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 2

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 2

2 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions5 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
Durban, ZA	5
Denver, US	2
Bronx, US	2
Cape Town, ZA	1
Pretoria, ZA	1

5 institutions · 11 of 11 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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