Faucaria felina

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Faucaria

At a glance

Occurrence records44

Data sources8

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Faucaria felina's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility44 records↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF44 records

DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Faucaria felina, tiger jaws (a name it shares with Faucaria tigrina), is a species of succulent plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa, but also widely spread in culture. It has a clumping habit and blooms with yellow flowers. As its synonym Faucaria candida, white tiger jaws, it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height max0.07 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max930 m

Elevation min450 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Faucaria felina has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

Marker genes1

GenBank sequences1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

matKKF132688.1 ↗778 bp

ACGT

TACTGGGTAAAAGATGCCTCCTCTTTGCATTTATTACGATTCTTTCTTTATGGGTATCATAATTGGAATAGTCTTATTACTTCAAAAGAA …

Faucaria felina voucher Klak 338 (BOL) maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast

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.

★matK1

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Faucaria felina carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode11records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 1811×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — SHARMA, A.K., & S. GHOSH. 1968. Cytotaxonomy of Ficoideae. Cytologia 33: 439-452.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Snead 1951

CCDB · book-fedorov — de Vos 1947

CCDB · book-fedorov — Rowley (D. 1955)

CCDB · book-fedorov — Propaeh

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Propach 1934

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Rowley unp.

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Snoad 1951

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type44 records

Wild obs. + sensor21

Museum / vouchered23

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO156 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 accuracy69% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 3

13 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor21

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 23 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

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 institutions2 of 4 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	11
University of Hamburglocation not on record	6
Cape Town, ZA	5
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 23 of 23 vouchered records shown

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