Eremophila eriocalyx

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Scrophulariaceae/Eremophila

At a glance

Occurrence records211

Data sources5

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Eremophila eriocalyx's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility211 records↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF211 records

DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences

01Narrative

Eremophila eriocalyx, commonly known as desert pride, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with greyish leaves, very hairy sepals and petals that range in colour from white to yellow, sometimes pink or purple.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology8

Leaf length23.5 mm

Leaf width2.4 mm

Plant height2 m

Plant height max2 m

Plant height min0.9 m

Seed length3 mm

Seed mass15.88 mg

Seed width1 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding3 sequences

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 Eremophila eriocalyx has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

Marker genes2

GenBank sequences3

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSMN411326.1 ↗7 328 bpAustralia

ACGT

TTCATTTTTTTTNTAATTATTGATTTTGCAATATTTTATTAATATATAAATTAAATAAATATTTTGGAANTNNNATTATTTTCGCATTAT …

Eremophila eriocalyx isolate MJB2371 18S ribosomal RNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 2, and 26S ribosomal RNA gene, complete 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.

★rbcL2★ITS1

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type211 records

Wild obs. + sensor15

Museum / vouchered195

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO584 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 12>10 km 1

13 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor15

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 accuracy38% within 1 km

≤100 m 41≤1 km 24≤10 km 89>10 km 19

173 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence195

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

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

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 institutions10 of 11 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	104
Adelaide, AU	37
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	17
Canberra, AU	17
Mount Annan, AU	8
Kew, GB	3
Hobart, AU	3
EL PASO, US	2
Brisbane, AU	2
Claremont, US	1
Palmerston, AU	1

11 institutions · 195 of 195 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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