Stylidium hispidum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Stylidiaceae/Stylidium

At a glance

Occurrence records343

Data sources5

Biological traits19

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Stylidium hispidum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility343 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF343 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 28

01Narrative

Stylidium hispidum, the white butterfly triggerplant, is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. hispidum is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in southwest Western Australia near Perth. This species is a basally rosetted triggerplant with greyish, linear leaves growing up to three cm. The scape is reddish, from six to thirty cm tall ending in a somewhat branched raceme giving rise to white or cream-colored flowers, which have red spots near the throat of the flower. The primary habitat for S. hispidum includes jarrah forests, gravelly loams, and light sandy soils.Erickson, Rica. (1958). Triggerplants. Perth: Paterson Brokensha Pty. Ltd. Unusual flower with five petals

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology4

Plant height0.25 m

Plant height max0.4 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Seed mass0.026 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.026 mg · AusTraits: 0.213 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnyyyyn

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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 Stylidium hispidum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Stylidium hispidum 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 = 28 n = 14

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

n 141×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — James, S. H. 1979. Chromosome numbers and genetic systems in Trigger plants of Western Australia (Stylidium; Stylidiaceae). Austral. J. Bot. 27: 17–25.

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 type343 records

Wild obs. + sensor187

Museum / vouchered156

Origin

Native3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO744 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 accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 122≤1 km 17≤10 km 3>10 km 7

149 georeferenced · 38 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor187

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 37≤1 km 9≤10 km 80>10 km 14

140 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence156

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 institutions9 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
Kensington, AU	90
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	20
Adelaide, AU	14
Canberra, AU	10
Claremont, US	6
Brisbane, AU	5
Mount Annan, AU	4
Joondalup, AU	2
LDlocation not on record	2
Flagstaff, US	1
Kew, GB	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1

12 institutions · 156 of 156 vouchered records shown

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