Serruria fucifolia — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Serruria

At a glance

Occurrence records214

Data sources4

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility214 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF214 records

01Narrative

Serruria fucifolia, the northern 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 max3 m

Plant height min1.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max450 m

Elevation min30 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Mycorrhiza typenon-ectomycorrhizal

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry4

Leaf n14.61 mg/g

Leaf p0.532 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)3.9 mm²/mg

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type214 records

Wild obs. + sensor104

Museum / vouchered110

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO484 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 69≤1 km 21≤10 km 1

91 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor104

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 accuracy67% within 1 km

≤1 km 2>10 km 1

3 georeferenced · 107 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence110

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 institutions5 of 6 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	48
Cape Town, ZA	43
Cape Town, ZA	15
South Kensington, GB	2
Philadelphia, US	1
MSB-3054location not on record	1

6 institutions · 110 of 110 vouchered records shown