Pelecyphora alversonii — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Pelecyphora

At a glance

Occurrence records0

Data sources3

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Pelecyphora alversonii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Coryphantha alversonii, commonly known as the foxtail cactus, is a stem succulent plant in the genus Coryphantha of the cactus family (Cactaceae). The cactus is endemic to southern California, found only in the mountain ranges of the southern Mojave Desert.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

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 Pelecyphora alversonii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Pelecyphora alversonii 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.