Spatalla curvifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Proteales/Proteaceae/Spatalla

At a glance

Occurrence records680

Data sources6

Biological traits14

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Spatalla curvifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility680 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF680 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Spatalla curvifolia, the white-stalked spoon, is a flower-bearing shrub that 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 max0.75 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max400 m

Elevation min10 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth form detailedshrub

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Spatalla curvifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

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.

★rbcL★ITS

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type680 records

Wild obs. + sensor522

Museum / vouchered158

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO612 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 accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 424≤1 km 44≤10 km 5>10 km 4

477 georeferenced · 45 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor522

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 3>10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 153 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence158

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 institutions6 of 12 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	67
Pretoria, ZA	59
Cape Town, ZA	12
GHPG$location not on record	6
Paris, FR	4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	2
Philadelphia, US	2
Felix d'Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruseslocation not on record	2
Civico Museo di Scienze naturali Giuseppe Orlandilocation not on record	1
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record	1
Claremont, US	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 158 of 158 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Spatalla curvifolia 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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