Soehrensia spachiana

(Lem.) Schlumpb. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Soehrensia

At a glance

Occurrence records18

Data sources9

Biological traits12

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Soehrensia spachiana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility18 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 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

Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS22 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF18 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Echinopsis spachiana, commonly known as the golden torch, (white) torch cactus or golden column, is a species of cactus native to South America. Previously known as Trichocereus spachianus for many years, it is commonly cultivated as a pot or rockery plant worldwide. It has a columnar habit, with a lime-green cylindrical body with 1–2 cm long golden spines.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max2 m

Plant height min1 m

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 500 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition22 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Cadinane sesquiterpenoids4

Phenylethylamines3

Flavones3

Flavonols2

Eremophilane sesquiterpenoids2

Documented compounds22 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(4R)-4-(3,5-dimethyl-1-benzofuran-6-yl)pentanal	present	NPASS
(4R,4aR,5S)-4-ethoxy-3,4a,5-trimethyl-4,5,6,7-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran-2-one	present	NPASS
(5S)-3,4,5-trimethyl-5,6-dihydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran	present	NPASS
(5S,8R)-8-ethoxy-3,4,5-trimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran	present	NPASS
(5S,8R)-8-methoxy-3,4,5-trimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran	present	NPASS
(5S,8S)-8-methoxy-3,4,5-trimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran	present	NPASS
(E,1S)-1-(3,5-dimethyl-1-benzofuran-6-yl)pent-3-en-1-ol	present	NPASS
3',8-Dihydroxy-4',5',6,7-Tetramethoxyflavone	present	NPASS
3-Methoxytyramine	present	LOTUS
4-(2-Aminoethyl)-2,6-dimethoxyphenol	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

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 Soehrensia spachiana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

Countries1

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Soehrensia spachiana 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.

Chromosomes2n = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 222×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Fenzl, Tschermak-Wo ess 1954

CCDB · book-fedorov — Czeika 1957

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type18 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered17

Origin

Native4

Introduced4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO36 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 10

13 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence17

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 institutions4 of 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Adelaide, AU	7
Mount Annan, AU	4
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	4
Kensington, AU	1
Canberra, AU	1

5 institutions · 17 of 17 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Soehrensia spachiana was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median20.7 °C 20.7–20.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.0 °C

Max temp (day)28.7 °C

Min temp (night)12.5 °C

Precipitation31.9 mm/mo

Air humidity44.9 %

Moisture balance-128 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,345 Pa

Wind speed3.10 m/s

Cloud cover16.6 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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