Sparaxis tricolor

(Schneev.) Ker Gawl. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Sparaxis

At a glance

Occurrence records2 480

Data sources8

Biological traits34

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Sparaxis tricolor's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 480 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources34 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS3 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 480 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 20

01Narrative

Sparaxis tricolor, known by the common names wandflower, harlequin flower, and sparaxis, is a bulb-forming perennial plant that grows in well-drained sunny soil. It gained its name from its colorful flowers which are bi- or tri-coloured with a golden centre and a small ring of brown surrounded by another colour. The plant is native to southern Africa. It is present in California and Australia as an introduced species after having escaped from garden cultivation.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology12

Fruit length10 mm

Leaf length140 mm

Leaf length max200 mm

Leaf length min80 mm

Leaf width15 mm

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 15 mm · GIFT: 8 mm

Leaf width max15 mm

Leaf width min5 mm

Plant height0.15 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.15 m · AusTraits: 0.3 m

Plant height max0.3 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Seed mass9.39 mg

Seed width2 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Dispersal typeunspecialized

Flowering timennnnnnnyyynn

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Reproduction asexualpresent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment12

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max200 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTLowland

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelinear oblanceolate

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition3 compounds

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

Documented compounds3 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(2S)-2,6-dimethoxy-7-methyl-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-1-benzofuran-3-one	present	LOTUS
(2S)-4-hydroxy-2,6-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1-benzofuran-3-one	present	LOTUS
(2S)-4-hydroxy-2,6-dimethoxy-7-methyl-1-benzofuran-3-one	present	LOTUS

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 Sparaxis tricolor has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Sparaxis tricolor 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 = 20 n = 10

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records14–202n range20median20mode6records

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

2n 204×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants +1

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — GOLDBLATT, P. 1971. Cytological and morphological studies in the Southern African Iridaceae. J.S. African Bot. 37: 317-460.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Biittiligliairi 1934

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Nakajima 1936

CCDB · Oberlander2016 — Brittingham, 1934

2n 142×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-fedorov — Sug~ura 193i; t!i36b

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Sugiura 1931

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 480 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 291

Museum / vouchered186

Cultivated / captive3

Origin

Introduced155

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 080 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 392≤1 km 244≤10 km 123>10 km 54

1 813 georeferenced · 478 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 291

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 accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 15≤1 km 47≤10 km 66>10 km 4

132 georeferenced · 54 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence186

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 3 records without

Open the mapnot free-living3

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 institutions21 of 26 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	60
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	43
Cape Town, ZA	12
Christchurch, NZ	12
Auckland, NZ	11
Hobart, AU	6
Canberra, AU	5
Pretoria, ZA	5
Arcata, US	4
Wellington, NZ	4
Mount Annan, AU	2
Rotorua, NZ	2
Riverside, US	2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	2
Philadelphia, US	1
GHPG$location not on record	1
Davis, US	1
Parkville, AU	1
Cape Town, ZA	1
Dresden, DE	1
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record	1
Armidale, AU	1
San Diego, US	1
CASlocation not on record	1
Palmerston, AU	1
Batemans Bay, AU	1

26 institutions · 182 of 186 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Sparaxis tricolor

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction7

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment12

Physiology & chemistry1

Other traits1

Documented compounds3 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type2 480 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions21 of 26 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type2 480 records