Gerrardanthus macrorhizus

Harv. ex Benth. & Hook.fil. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Cucurbitales/Cucurbitaceae/Gerrardanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records37

Data sources7

Biological traits13

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Gerrardanthus macrorhizus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility37 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources13 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF37 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI1 specimens

01Narrative

Gerrardanthus macrorhizus, also known as bigfoot, is a species of plant native to southern Africa. It is a popular pot plant.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max9 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formclimbing caudex geophyte

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberobligatory

Elevation max610 m

Elevation min5 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Climber

Woodinessnon-woody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: non-woody · GIFT: variable

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 Gerrardanthus macrorhizus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

GenBank sequences3

eDNA detections1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

rbcLDQ535753.1 ↗1 144 bp

ACGT

ATTGACTTATTATACTCCTGACTATGAAACCAAAGATACTGATATCTTGGCAGCATTCCGAGTAACTCCTCAACCCGGAGTTCCACCCGA …

Gerrardanthus macrorhizus ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) 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.

★rbcL3

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type37 records

Wild obs. + sensor6

Museum / vouchered30

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO96 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 2

6 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor6

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 · 30 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence30

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 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 institutions3 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
Durban, ZA	15
Pretoria, ZA	13
Auckland, NZ	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 30 of 30 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Gerrardanthus macrorhizus 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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