Pteronia paniculata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Pteronia

At a glance

Occurrence records551

Data sources5

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility551 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS29 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF551 records

01Narrative

Pteronia paniculata ("Gombos" or "gum-bush") 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

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Plant height1 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.15 m

Seed mass2.98 mg

Seed mass max2.98 mg

Seed mass min2.98 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 524 m

Elevation min10 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formsucculent

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Wood density860 mg/cm³

03Chemical composition29 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Cinnamic acids and derivatives10

Colensane and Clerodane diterpenoids4

Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids4

Simple coumarins2

Cinnamic acids and derivatives $ Phenylethanoids2

Documented compounds29 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
((2R)-2,5-Dihydro-3-methyl-5-oxo-2-furanyl)methyl (2E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-propenoate	present	LOTUS
(-)-Thermopsine	present	NPASS
(1aS,4aS,7S,7aR,7bS)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol	present	LOTUS
(3-methyl-5-oxo-2H-furan-2-yl)methyl 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	present	LOTUS
(3R)-5-[(1S,2S,4R,4aR,8aR)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-4-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-3-oxo-4,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(3S)-5-[(1R,2S,4aR,8aR)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-3-oxo-4,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(3S)-5-[(1S,2R,4S,4aS,5R,8aR)-5-hydroxy-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-4-[(Z)-2-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxy-3,4,6,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(3S)-5-[(1S,2S,4R,4aR,8aR)-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-4-(2-methylpropoxy)-3-oxo-4,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid	present	LOTUS
(3S)-5-[(1S,2S,4R,4aR,8aR)-4-hydroxy-1,2,4a,5-tetramethyl-3-oxo-4,7,8,8a-tetrahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpentanoic acid	present	LOTUS
12-Methoxy-13-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,5,10,17-tetraoxapentacyclo[9.6.2.02,6.08,18.015,19]nonadeca-1(18),2(6),7,11(19),12,14-hexaene-9,16-dione	present	LOTUS

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type551 records

Wild obs. + sensor423

Museum / vouchered127

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 228 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 accuracy96% within 1 km

≤100 m 279≤1 km 17≤10 km 3>10 km 8

307 georeferenced · 116 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor423

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 3

5 georeferenced · 122 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence127

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions6 of 11 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	60
Cape Town, ZA	53
MeiseBGlocation not on record	3
Bronx, US	2
Philadelphia, US	2
Dublin, IE	1
MSB-3054location not on record	1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Uppsala, SE	1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 126 of 127 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

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