Serruria brownii — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Serruria

At a glance

Occurrence records218

Data sources4

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility218 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF218 records

01Narrative

Serruria brownii, the bottlebrush 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, South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max600 m

Elevation min150 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth form detailedsubshrub

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type218 records

Wild obs. + sensor192

Museum / vouchered26

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO128 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 accuracy99% within 1 km

≤100 m 138≤1 km 12>10 km 2

152 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor192

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence26

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 institutions3 of 4 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	14
Pretoria, ZA	10
Philadelphia, US	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 26 of 26 vouchered records shown