Isoglossa woodii

C.B.Clarke · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Acanthaceae/Isoglossa

At a glance

Occurrence records310

Data sources4

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Isoglossa woodii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility310 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF310 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Isoglossa woodii, commonly known as buckweed, is a monocarpic shrub of the family Acanthaceae, growing up to 4 m tall. It grows in colonies in coastal forest areas of KwaZulu-Natal and marginally into Eastern Cape, South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max2 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 830 m

Elevation min5 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Isoglossa woodii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type310 records

Wild obs. + sensor233

Museum / vouchered77

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO520 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 122≤1 km 44≤10 km 13

179 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor233

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 2

2 georeferenced · 75 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence77

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 institutions4 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Pretoria, ZA	35
Durban, ZA	25
Kew, GB	9
Claremont, US	5
MeiseBGlocation not on record	3

5 institutions · 77 of 77 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Isoglossa woodii 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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