Hovea pungens

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Hovea

At a glance

Occurrence records716

Data sources7

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility716 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF716 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Hovea pungens, commonly known as devil's pins, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, upright shrub with dark green leaves and purple flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology6

Leaf length17.5 mm

Leaf width2 mm

Petiole length0.05 cm

Plant height1.8 m

Plant height max1.8 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnyyyyyynn

Life spanperennial

Reproductive maturity3 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typelegume

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical lanceolate linear narrowly_oblong

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

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 pungens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Hovea pungens 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 type716 records

Wild obs. + sensor379

Museum / vouchered337

Origin

Native25

Introduced3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 428 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 218≤1 km 59≤10 km 13>10 km 15

305 georeferenced · 74 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor379

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 accuracy29% within 1 km

≤100 m 39≤1 km 40≤10 km 158>10 km 39

276 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence337

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 institutions10 of 13 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	143
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	68
Canberra, AU	39
Mount Annan, AU	25
Adelaide, AU	24
BGPAlocation not on record	10
Kew, GB	9
Brisbane, AU	6
LDlocation not on record	4
Hobart, AU	3
Armidale, AU	3
Phoenix, US	1
Claremont, US	1

13 institutions · 336 of 337 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

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