Hypoxis baurii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Hypoxidaceae/Hypoxis

At a glance

Occurrence records1

Data sources6

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections4

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Hypoxis baurii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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 sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Rhodohypoxis baurii, the red star or rosy posy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypoxidae that is native to damp meadows in eastern South Africa.Hogan, Sean, chief consultant. 2003, 2004. "Flora A Gardener's Encyclopedia", Global Nook Publishing Pty Ltd, Timber Press. . pp. 1202Brickell, Christopher "The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z of Garden Plants", 3rd ed. Copyright 1996, 2003, 2008 Dorling Kindersley Ltd., London. pp. 901 Growing to no more than 10 cm tall and broad, it is a herbaceous perennial with lanceolate, sharply folded, hairy grey-green leaves, and pale or deep pink star-shaped flowers throughout summer. The upturned flowers are held on slender, short straight stalks. The tepals are of equal length and held alternately in two ranks. The specific epithet baurii is named for Reverend L. R. Baur (1825-1889), who collected Rhodohypoxis in South Africa.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 67, 209, 331

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.075 m

Plant height min0.04 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 500 m

Elevation min1 500 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding4 eDNA hits

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 Hypoxis baurii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections4

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Hypoxis baurii 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

Chromosome records12–182n range18median18mode10records

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

2n 186×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Saito 1975

2n 124×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Saito 1975

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Sato 1942

07Deep time~3.21 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin3.21 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 records

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 km²

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 · 1 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Hypoxis baurii 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

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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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