Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Phyllanthaceae/Pseudolachnostylis

At a glance

Occurrence records1 403

Data sources7

Biological traits35

DNA specimens11

eDNA detections9

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 403 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗

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 sources35 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 403 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 3 countries9 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD11 specimens

01Narrative

Pseudolachnostylis is a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1899.Pax, Ferdinand Albin. 1899. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 28: 19-20 descriptions in Latin, commentary in German It contains only one known species, Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia native to central and southern Africa. Its common name is kudu berry, though the term also applies for Cassine aethiopica. In Zimbabwe it is called mutsonzowa (Shona) or Umqobampunzi (Ndebele). varieties four varieties are recognized Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. dekindtii (Pax) Radcl.-Sm. - Katanga, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. glabra (Pax) Brenan - Burundi, Zaire, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, Limpopo, Mpumalanga Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. maprouneifolia - Katanga, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Caprivi Strip Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia var. polygyna (Pax & K.Hoffm.) Radcl.-Sm. - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology8

Leaf size402 mm²

Plant height8 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 8 m · TRY: 6 m

Plant height max13.71 m

Plant height min1.05 m

Seed length22 mm

Seed mass91.54 mg

Seed mass max91.54 mg

Seed mass min91.54 mg

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Self fertilizationabsent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 495 m

Elevation min109 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTforest

Mycorrhiza typearbuscular

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry9

Leaf C:N ratio27.18 g/g

Leaf c462 mg/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)400 mg/g

Leaf n17.44 mg/g

Leaf p1.13 mg/g

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)7.21 mm²/mg

Wood density620 mg/cm³

05DNA & barcoding11 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 Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens11

Marker genes4

eDNA detections9

Countries3

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

07Deep time~29.1 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin29.1 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 403 records

Wild obs. + sensor303

Museum / vouchered269

Cultivated / captive831

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 408 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 accuracy94% within 1 km

≤100 m 134≤1 km 23≤10 km 6>10 km 4

167 georeferenced · 136 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor303

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 268 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence269

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy12% within 1 km

≤100 m 56≤1 km 41≤10 km 723>10 km 11

831 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living831

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 institutions11 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
Saint Louis, US	52
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	36
MeiseBGlocation not on record	28
Kew, GB	20
Fort Worth, US	10
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record	6
Stockholm, SE	5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	5
MAlocation not on record	4
University of Johannesburglocation not on record	4
Arusha, TZ	4
Bronx, US	4
Madison, US	3
Paris, FR	2
Cape Town, ZA	2
South Kensington, GB	2
WAGlocation not on record	2
University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record	2
DSMlocation not on record	1
Southern Highlands Conservation Programmelocation not on record	1
MSB-3054location not on record	1
Dublin, IE	1
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
National Natural History Collectionslocation not on record	1
Centro de Biotecnologia e Quimica-CEBIQlocation not on record	1

26 institutions · 199 of 269 vouchered records shown · 70 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia 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 found9

Studies independent surveys1

Countries3

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median26.8 °C 20.3–26.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.60 °C

Max temp (day)30.3 °C 25.6–31.4

Min temp (night)21.7 °C 15.1–22.8

Precipitation66.7 mm/mo 14.9–82.5

Air humidity57.2 % 52.9–58.8

Moisture balance-99.4 mm/mo -135–-63.4

Vapour deficit1,491 Pa 1,024–1,640

Wind speed3.00 m/s 2.10–3.40

Cloud cover35.9 % 19.2–47.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 6 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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Pseudolachnostylis maprouneifolia

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology8

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry9

At a glance

At a glance

When this lineage existed

Record type1 403 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions11 of 26 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type1 403 records