Isopogon ceratophyllus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Isopogon

At a glance

Occurrence records9 308

Data sources8

Biological traits29

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Isopogon ceratophyllus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 308 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.64 Gbp↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources29 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF9 308 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT636 Mbp

01Narrative

Isopogon ceratophyllus, commonly known as the horny cone-bush or wild Irishman, is a plant of the family Proteaceae that is endemic to the coast in Victoria, South Australia and on the Furneaux Group of islands in Tasmania. It is a small woody shrub that grows to 100 cm high with prickly foliage. It is extremely sensitive to dieback from the pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology11

Fruit length3 mm

Leaf length36 mm

Leaf mass per area345 g/m2

Leaf size329 mm²

Leaf width10 mm

Petiole length3.25 cm

Plant height1 m

Plant height max1 m

Seed mass6.56 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 6.56 mg · AusTraits: 4.44 mg · GIFT: 6.56 mg

Seed mass max6.56 mg

Seed mass min6.56 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timeynnnnnyyyyyy

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Habitat & environment7

Climatesubtropical

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typenut

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate linear triangular

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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 Isopogon ceratophyllus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Isopogon ceratophyllus 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.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size635 700 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Isopogon ceratophyllus0.64 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type9 308 records

Wild obs. + sensor8 773

Museum / vouchered527

Cultivated / captive8

Origin

Native2 814

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO11 548 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 4 817≤1 km 2 099≤10 km 650>10 km 115

7 681 georeferenced · 1 092 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8 773

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 accuracy46% within 1 km

≤100 m 87≤1 km 143≤10 km 196>10 km 75

501 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence527

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 4≤1 km 3

7 georeferenced · 1 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 institutions15 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
Adelaide, AU	223
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	113
Canberra, AU	47
Hobart, AU	31
Mount Annan, AU	29
Brisbane, AU	9
Armidale, AU	5
QVMAGlocation not on record	5
Parkville, AU	4
Auckland, NZ	4
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	3
EL PASO, US	2
Paris, FR	2
Stockholm, SE	2
Kew, GB	2
MAlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
Palmerston, AU	1
Smithfield, AU	1

19 institutions · 485 of 527 vouchered records shown · 42 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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Isopogon ceratophyllus

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction8

Habitat & environment7

Physiology & chemistry2

Other traits1

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Record type9 308 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions15 of 19 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type9 308 records