Hovea longifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hovea

At a glance

Occurrence records613

Data sources8

Biological traits34

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Hovea longifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility613 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources34 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF613 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Hovea longifolia commonly known as rusty pods, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, endemic to eastern Australia. It has purple pea flowers, linear leaves with rusty felt like hairs on the lower surface.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology12

Fruit length12.5 mm

Fruit width9 mm

Leaf length35 mm

Leaf length max85 mm

Leaf length min20 mm

Leaf size601 mm²

Leaf width6.5 mm

Petiole length0.325 cm

Plant height3 m

Plant height max3 m

Seed length4.25 mm

Seed width3.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Reproductive maturity4 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typelegume

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear narrowly_oblong

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Hovea longifolia across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Quinolizidine alkaloids1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
(+)-Sparteine		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Hovea longifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Hovea longifolia 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 range18median18mode2records

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

2n 182×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — SANDS, V. E. 1975. The cytoevolution of the Australian Papilionaceae. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 100: 118–155.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Sands 1975

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 type613 records

Wild obs. + sensor329

Museum / vouchered283

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native78

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 700 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 250≤1 km 38≤10 km 24>10 km 5

317 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor329

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 25≤1 km 60≤10 km 108>10 km 32

225 georeferenced · 58 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence283

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 institutions14 of 19 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	77
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	58
Canberra, AU	35
Kew, GB	29
Batemans Bay, AU	12
Palmerston, AU	11
Adelaide, AU	9
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	6
Armidale, AU	6
Brisbane, AU	5
Hobart, AU	4
Parkville, AU	4
Wollongong, AU	3
LDlocation not on record	3
Smithfield, AU	2
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	1
MAlocation not on record	1
Tampa, US	1
South Kensington, GB	1

19 institutions · 268 of 283 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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