Lithops ruschiorum

(Dinter & Schwantes) N.E.Br. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Lithops

At a glance

Occurrence records47

Data sources7

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility47 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF47 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences

01Narrative

Lithops ruschiorum var lineata in cultivation Lithops ruschiorum is a species of plant in the family Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Namibia. Its natural habitats are rocky areas and cold desert.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height max0.01 m

Seed mass0.12 mg

Seed mass max0.12 mg

Seed mass min0.11 mg

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent perennial

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max550 m

Elevation min100 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: succulent

Woodinesswoody

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 ruschiorum 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

ITSFN386496.1 ↗543 bp

ACGT

AACGACCCGTGAACACGTTTAAAACACATGGGAGGGACGCATGCGGCCTCGTGCNCCTGCGCCCTCCCTACGCCGGGGGCGCGCCCCTTG …

Lithops ruschiorum var. ruschiorum ITS1 (partial), 5.8S rRNA gene and ITS2 (partial), specimen voucher S658

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type47 records

Wild obs. + sensor44

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO184 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 44

44 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor44

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 · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

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 institutions2 of 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	2
Pretoria, ZA	1

2 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Lithops ruschiorum 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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