Serruria acrocarpa — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Serruria

At a glance

Occurrence records466

Data sources5

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Serruria acrocarpa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility466 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF466 records

01Narrative

Serruria acrocarpa, the common rootstock spiderhead. is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg to the Southern Cape. The shrub grows to 50 cm in length and flowers in spring. The plant sprouts again after it has burned. The plant grows on plains and lower slopes of fynbos vegetation. In Afrikaans it is known as .

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Plant height0.5 m

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed mass3.5 mg

Seed mass max3.5 mg

Seed mass min3.5 mg

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 200 m

Elevation min200 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type466 records

Wild obs. + sensor229

Museum / vouchered237

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO608 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 183≤1 km 17≤10 km 3>10 km 9

212 georeferenced · 17 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor229

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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 2

3 georeferenced · 234 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence237

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 institutions8 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
Cape Town, ZA	123
Pretoria, ZA	78
Cape Town, ZA	20
Paris, FR	4
Phoenix, US	2
GHPG$location not on record	2
MSB-3054location not on record	2
Philadelphia, US	2
Saint Louis, US	2
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

11 institutions · 237 of 237 vouchered records shown