Lithops fulviceps — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Lithops

At a glance

Occurrence records0

Data sources9

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Lithops fulviceps's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 sources11 traits

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

'Aurea' cultivar with greenish leaves and white flowers Lithops fulviceps is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and cold desert. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height max0.02 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent perennial

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 150 m

Elevation min700 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 sequences

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 Lithops fulviceps has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

Marker genes1

GenBank sequences1

eDNA detections1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSFN386487.1 ↗561 bp

ACGT

CGAAAACTNNNATGCAAACGACCCGTGAACACGTTTAAAACACATGGGAGGGACGCATGCGGCCTCGTGCCGCCTGCCCCCTCCCCACGC …

Lithops fulviceps var. fulviceps ITS1 (partial), 5.8S rRNA gene and ITS2 (partial), specimen voucher S593

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

ITS1

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Lithops fulviceps 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-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 181×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — SHARMA, A.K., & S. GHOSH. 1968. Cytotaxonomy of Ficoideae. Cytologia 33: 439-452.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Lithops fulviceps 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.