Senecio vaginatus — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Senecio

At a glance

Occurrence records22

Data sources6

Biological traits12

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Senecio vaginatus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility22 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources12 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF22 records

Genome at a glanceGoaTgenome

01Narrative

Senecio vaginatus, the smooth ragwort, is a species of flowering plant in the aster family. It is endemic to the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, rocky shores and other rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Seed mass0.554 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Dispersal typeanimal

Life spanperennial

Sex typemonoecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max600 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Senecio vaginatus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Senecio vaginatus 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.

Ploidypolyploid inferred

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

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type22 records

Wild obs. + sensor19

Museum / vouchered3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO68 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 8≤1 km 3≤10 km 1>10 km 1

13 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor19

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 · 3 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence3

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 2 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	2
Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR	1

2 institutions · 3 of 3 vouchered records shown