⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 17.5 mm · GIFT: 30 mm
Leaf width max30 mm
Leaf width min10 mm
Plant height1.13 m
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 1.13 m · AusTraits: 0.9 m · TRY: 0.7 m
Plant height max1.6 m
Plant height min0.34 m
Seed length10 mm
Seed mass1.96 mg
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 1.96 mg · GIFT: 1.12 mg
Seed mass max0.75 mg
Seed mass min0.75 mg
Life cycle & reproduction10
Dehiscencedehiscent
Dispersal typewind
Life formtuberous geophyte
Life spanperennial
Pollination modebiotic
Pollination syndromeinsect
Raunkiær life formcryptophyte
Reproduction asexualpresent
Self fertilizationabsent
Sex typehermaphrodite
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment11
Aquaticterrestrial
Climateseasonally dry tropical
Climberself-supporting
Elevation max2 600 m
Elevation min5 m
Epiphyteterrestrial
Fruit typecapsule
Growth formherb
Habitat GIFTLowland
Leaf shapelinear
Woodinessnon-woody
Physiology & chemistry2
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Other traits1
Seeds per fruit11-100
05DNA & barcoding10 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 Gladiolus dalenii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections4
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
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plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualGladiolus dalenii 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ohri, D. & T. N. Khoshoo. 1985. Cytogenetics of garden Gladiolus II. Variation in chromosome complement and meiotic system. Cytologia 50: 213–231.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Goldblatt, P. 1989. Systematics of Gladiolus L. (Iridaceae - Ixioideae) in Madagascar. Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 11: 235–255.
2n 751×CCDB · book-fedorov
CCDB · book-fedorov — Bamford 1935
2n 901×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Paiva, J. & M. T. Leitao. 1989. Números cromossómicos para alguns taxa da Africa tropical -- II. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2 62: 117–130.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 662≤1 km 152≤10 km 58>10 km 64
936 georeferenced · 388 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 324
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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 15≤1 km 12≤10 km 5
32 georeferenced · 481 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence513
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 · 6 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living8
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 institutions36 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
MeiseBGlocation not on record
75
Saint Louis, US
67
Plocation not on record
57
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
32
Christchurch, NZ
17
Auckland, NZ
16
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record
15
HNBlocation not on record
14
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
14
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record
13
Kew, GB
12
Yaoundé, CM
11
Mount Annan, AU
8
Tampa, US
8
Columbia, US
6
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Rotorua, NZ
5
Adelaide, AU
5
South Kensington, GB
4
Canberra, AU
4
Pretoria, ZA
4
Dresden, DE
4
Honolulu, US
4
Tuscaloosa, US
4
BISHlocation not on record
3
Bronx, US
3
Paris, FR
3
Edinburgh, GB
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, United States National Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Armidale, AU
2
Blumenau, BR
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
1
Porto Alegre, BR
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
College Park, US
1
US
1
UNESClocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Chickasaw National Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
University of Burundilocation not on record
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Glocation not on record
1
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
1
Arusha, TZ
1
Riverside, US
1
Berlin, DE
1
Jackson, US
1
Brisbane, AU
1
Kensington, AU
1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Institut Botanique Ake-Assi d'Andokoilocation not on record
1
Cape Town, ZA
1
Cape Town, ZA
1
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
BRLUlocation not on record
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
1
GAlocation not on record
1
UFSClocation not on record
1
Criciúma, BR
1
68 institutions · 462 of 513 vouchered records shown · 50 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Gladiolus dalenii 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
red soil escapment
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median19.9 °C 16.3–19.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.60 °C
Max temp (day)25.1 °C 21.4–25.1
Min temp (night)14.5 °C 11.2–14.5
Precipitation110 mm/mo 78.3–110
Air humidity57.7 %
Moisture balance-28.7 mm/mo -28.7–-28.2
Vapour deficit979 Pa 839–979
Wind speed2.60 m/s 2.60–2.90
Cloud cover43.4 % 41.6–43.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 855 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
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