Trichodiadema orientale — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Aizoaceae/Trichodiadema

At a glance

Occurrence records101

Data sources4

Biological traits12

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Trichodiadema orientale's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility101 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 & measurements3 literature sources12 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF101 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Trichodiadema orientale is a succulent plant of the genus Trichodiadema, widespread in the arid areas of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.1 m

Plant height min0.07 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent tuberous subshrub

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 200 m

Elevation min50 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Trichodiadema orientale has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type101 records

Wild obs. + sensor71

Museum / vouchered30

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO272 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 accuracy87% within 1 km

≤100 m 35≤1 km 11≤10 km 1>10 km 6

53 georeferenced · 18 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor71

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 30 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence30

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 institutions2 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record	13
University of Hamburglocation not on record	13
Pretoria, ZA	2
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Cape Town, ZA	1

5 institutions · 30 of 30 vouchered records shown