Erica albens

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Erica

At a glance

Occurrence records30

Data sources3

Biological traits10

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Erica albens's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility30 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF30 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height max1.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Erica albens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type30 records

Wild obs. + sensor15

Museum / vouchered15

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO100 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 13>10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 1 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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence15

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
Pretoria, ZA	6
LDlocation not on record	2
Bergen, NO	1
Cape Town, ZA	1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
Philadelphia, US	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1

7 institutions · 13 of 15 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Erica albens 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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