Pteronia glauca — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pteronia

At a glance

Occurrence records241

Data sources6

Biological traits13

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Pteronia glauca's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility241 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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 & measurements2 literature sources13 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF241 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Pteronia glauca ("Geelboegoekaroo") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology3

Plant height max0.69 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass5.44 mg

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 500 m

Elevation min500 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth form detailedshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition1 compounds

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

Compound class profile1 class

Simple coumarins1

Documented compounds1 total

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
4-[[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]methoxy]-[1,3]dioxolo[4,5-f]chromen-7-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 Pteronia glauca has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type241 records

Wild obs. + sensor129

Museum / vouchered112

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO720 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 85≤1 km 20≤10 km 3

108 georeferenced · 21 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor129

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 · 112 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence112

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 5 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	91
Cape Town, ZA	8
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	5
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbariumlocation not on record	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 106 of 112 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code