Polygala umbellata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Polygalaceae/Polygala

At a glance

Occurrence records72

Data sources6

Biological traits15

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Polygala umbellata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility72 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

On this page6 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

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF72 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Polygala umbellata is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is endemic to South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.4 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formannual or perennial

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 010 m

Elevation min5 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition2 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Plant xanthones2

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
1,2,3,4,6,7-Hexamethoxyxanthon		present	LOTUS
7,8,9-Trimethoxy-10H-1,3-dioxolo[4,5-b]xanthen-10-one		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 Polygala umbellata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★ITS2

fungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type72 records

Wild obs. + sensor43

Museum / vouchered29

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO196 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 36>10 km 1

37 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor43

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 · 29 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence29

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 6 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	20
Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record	3
Civico Museo di Scienze naturali Giuseppe Orlandilocation not on record	2
Cape Town, ZA	1
GHPG$location not on record	1
PRClocation not on record	1

6 institutions · 28 of 29 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Polygala umbellata 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

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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 median18.8 °C 18.8–18.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.6 °C

Max temp (day)26.6 °C

Min temp (night)11.7 °C

Precipitation34.5 mm/mo

Air humidity48.3 %

Moisture balance-98.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,186 Pa

Wind speed2.90 m/s

Cloud cover16.3 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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