Melianthus comosus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Geraniales/Melianthaceae/Melianthus

At a glance

Occurrence records771

Data sources7

Biological traits29

DNA specimens10

eDNA detections8

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Melianthus comosus's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility771 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

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Traits & measurements4 literature sources29 traits

Chemical compositionNPASS6 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF771 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries8 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD10 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology10

Fruit length27.5 mm

Leaf length80 mm

Leaf width15 mm

Plant height1.5 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 1.5 m · AusTraits: 2 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min0.69 m

Seed length4.5 mm

Seed mass20.49 mg

Seed mass max23.3 mg

Seed mass min16.51 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formsucculent

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromebird

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 230 m

Elevation min120 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesscompound

Leaf shapelanceolate oblong

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition6 compounds

Compounds documented for Melianthus comosus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile2 classes

Flavonols4

Fatty alcohols $ Unsaturated fatty acids1

Documented compounds6 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(7E)-8-[(R)-methylsulfinyl]trideca-1,7-dien-3,5,9,11-tetrayne	present	NPASS
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2R,3S,4R,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	present	NPASS
2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one	present	NPASS
Astragalin	present	NPASS
HDLFDRNEHPOIHC-OMACXJQVSA-N	present	NPASS
kaempferol 3-O-alpha-L-glucopyranoside	present	NPASS

05DNA & barcoding10 specimens

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 Melianthus comosus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens10

Marker genes3

eDNA detections8

Countries1

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type771 records

Wild obs. + sensor482

Museum / vouchered289

Origin

Introduced70

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 064 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 345≤1 km 53≤10 km 31>10 km 5

434 georeferenced · 48 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor482

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 accuracy49% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 32≤10 km 34>10 km 3

73 georeferenced · 216 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence289

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 institutions18 of 26 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	163
Adelaide, AU	27
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	19
Cape Town, ZA	8
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	6
Canberra, AU	5
Brisbane, AU	4
Durban, ZA	4
MSB-3054location not on record	3
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	2
Mount Annan, AU	2
Auckland, NZ	2
University of Johannesburglocation not on record	2
Bronx, US	2
Riverside, US	1
WTUlocation not on record	1
Zürich, CH	1
Claremont, US	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Kensington, AU	1
Fort Worth, US	1
Kew, GB	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Boise, US	1
Helsinki, FI	1

26 institutions · 261 of 289 vouchered records shown · 28 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Melianthus comosus 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median15.3 °C 14.9–15.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.1 °C

Max temp (day)20.9 °C 20.1–21.6

Min temp (night)9.50 °C 9.20–9.70

Precipitation48.3 mm/mo 38.3–58.3

Air humidity55.3 % 53.6–57.1

Moisture balance-61.1 mm/mo -67.3–-54.9

Vapour deficit782 Pa 727–838

Wind speed3.10 m/s 2.40–3.80

Cloud cover16.2 % 13.0–19.4

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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