Stylidium scandens

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Stylidiaceae/Stylidium

At a glance

Occurrence records706

Data sources5

Biological traits20

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility706 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources20 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF706 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Curtis's Botanical Magazine print of Stylidium scandens. Stylidium scandens (the climbing triggerplant) is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the genus Stylidium (family Stylidiaceae). S. scandens is endemic to Australia and is found primarily in the southwestern region of Western Australia. This species, along with Stylidium nymphaeum,Nuytsia 20:104-107, Figs 2e-g, 7 (2010) Stylidium miscellany 1: typifications and new taxa from south-west Western Australia has a unique characteristic among triggerplants in that its leaves, five centimetres (two inches) long, end in a recurved barb that can grab hold of other vegetation and scramble or climb up to 30–60 cm in height over other plants, which is how it obtained its common name. Its flowers are bright pink and about 15 mm wide.Darnowski, Douglas W. (2002). Triggerplants. Australia: Rosenberg Publishing.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology3

Plant height0.625 m

Plant height max0.85 m

Plant height min0.4 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timennnnnnnnnyyy

Life spanperennial

Reproductive maturity1.5 years

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · AusTraits: herb · TRY: Climber

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

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 scandens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Stylidium scandens 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 = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

n 81×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 type706 records

Wild obs. + sensor370

Museum / vouchered336

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 488 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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 184≤1 km 46≤10 km 26>10 km 23

279 georeferenced · 91 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor370

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 accuracy27% within 1 km

≤100 m 66≤1 km 11≤10 km 177>10 km 29

283 georeferenced · 53 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence336

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 institutions13 of 17 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	191
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	54
Canberra, AU	33
Adelaide, AU	25
Claremont, US	8
Brisbane, AU	6
Mount Annan, AU	6
LDlocation not on record	3
MAlocation not on record	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Wellington, NZ	1
Hobart, AU	1
Kew, GB	1
Uppsala, SE	1
Saint Louis, US	1
BGPAlocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

17 institutions · 336 of 336 vouchered records shown

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