Podolobium alpestre

(F.Muell.) Crisp & P.H.Weston · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Podolobium

At a glance

Occurrence records2 265

Data sources9

Biological traits41

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Podolobium alpestre's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 265 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources41 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 265 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Podolobium alpestre, commonly known as alpine shaggy-pea, is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has oblong to egg-shaped leaves and yellow to orange pea-like flowers with red markings.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology15

Fruit length15 mm

Leaf length40 mm

Leaf length max40 mm

Leaf length min10 mm

Leaf mass6.08 mg

Leaf mass per area145 g/m2

Leaf size36.59 mm²

Leaf width10 mm

Leaf width max10 mm

Leaf width min3 mm

Petiole length0.3 cm

Plant height1.3 m

Plant height max1.3 m

Seed length2.5 mm

Seed mass3.73 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Dehiscencedehiscent

Dispersal typeself

Flowering timeyynnnnnnnnny

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years50 years

Pollination syndromeinsect

Reproductive maturity5 years

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typelegume

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeobovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry7

Leaf C:N ratio23.75 g/g

Leaf c494 mg/g

Leaf n20.8 mg/g

Leaf p0.55 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)5.26 mm²/mg

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition1 compounds

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

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
Fluoroacetic acid		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Podolobium alpestre has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Podolobium alpestre 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 = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records16–162n range16median16mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 162×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — SANDS, V. E. 1975. The cytoevolution of the Australian Papilionaceae. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 100: 118–155.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Sands 1975

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 265 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 797

Museum / vouchered466

Cultivated / captive2

Origin

Native70

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 368 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 167≤1 km 316≤10 km 136>10 km 11

1 630 georeferenced · 167 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 797

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 accuracy39% within 1 km

≤100 m 55≤1 km 112≤10 km 204>10 km 56

427 georeferenced · 39 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence466

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 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 institutions12 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	155
Canberra, AU	146
Mount Annan, AU	69
Adelaide, AU	32
Brisbane, AU	14
Parkville, AU	11
Armidale, AU	11
Hobart, AU	7
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record	6
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	5
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	3
Stockholm, SE	2
Batemans Bay, AU	2
Wellington, NZ	1
Bronx, US	1
Auckland, NZ	1

16 institutions · 466 of 466 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Podolobium alpestre 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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Podolobium alpestre

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology15

Life cycle & reproduction8

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment9

Physiology & chemistry7

Other traits1

Documented compounds1 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type2 265 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 16 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type2 265 records