Sparaxis villosa

(Burm.f.) Goldblatt · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Sparaxis

At a glance

Occurrence records588

Data sources8

Biological traits26

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility588 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF588 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 20

01Narrative

Sparaxis villosa, is a species of Sparaxis found in South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology8

Leaf length125 mm

Leaf width15 mm

Plant height0.225 m

Plant height max0.34 m

Plant height min0.15 m

Seed mass4.15 mg

Seed mass max4.15 mg

Seed mass min4.15 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Dehiscencedehiscent

Flowering timennnnnnnnynnn

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max610 m

Elevation min150 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapenarrowly_oblanceolate

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 villosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes4

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★matK★rbcL★ITS2trnH-psbA

plant barcodefungal barcodemarker

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Sparaxis villosa 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 records20–302n range25median20mode2records

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

2n 201×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

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

2n 301×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Bamford 1935

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 type588 records

Wild obs. + sensor502

Museum / vouchered86

Origin

Introduced43

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO696 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 accuracy97% within 1 km

≤100 m 344≤1 km 56≤10 km 8>10 km 5

413 georeferenced · 89 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor502

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

≤100 m 3≤1 km 6≤10 km 17>10 km 1

27 georeferenced · 59 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence86

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 institutions7 of 13 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	22
Cape Town, ZA	20
Pretoria, ZA	19
Cape Town, ZA	7
MSB-3054location not on record	3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
Saint Louis, US	2
Canberra, AU	2
MAlocation not on record	1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	1
Armidale, AU	1
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 83 of 86 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Sparaxis villosa 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 median13.6 °C 13.6–13.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C

Max temp (day)19.5 °C

Min temp (night)8.70 °C

Precipitation114 mm/mo

Air humidity54.5 %

Moisture balance0.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit709 Pa

Wind speed4.00 m/s

Cloud cover44.5 %

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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