Trimezia fosteriana

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Iridaceae/Trimezia

At a glance

Occurrence records16

Data sources6

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Trimezia fosteriana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility16 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 & measurements3 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF16 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 26

01Narrative

Trimezia fosteriana is a species of bulbous plant in the family Iridaceae. Due to the attractive aspect of its leaves and exuberant and delicate yellow flowers, it is widely used in cities in South America for ornamental purposes and gardening.Lorenzi, Harri. 2001. Plantas ornamentais no Brasil: arbustivas, herbáceas e trepadeiras. 3ª Edição. Nova Odessa, SP: Instituto Plantarum. [in Portuguese] This species is easily confused with Trimezia longifolia, due to the similarity of its yellow flowers. However, the latter species, placed in the genus Neomarica by some sources, is distinguished by the presence of a flattened (leaf-like) flower stem.Capellari Jr., Lindolpho. 2000. Revisão Taxonômica do Gênero Neomarica Sprague (Tribo Mariceae, Subfamília Iridoideae, Iridaceae). Tese de Doutorado. Universidade de Campinas. [in Portuguese].

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02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formrhizomatous geophyte

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

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 Trimezia fosteriana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Trimezia fosteriana 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 = 26 n = 13

Ploidypolyploid inferred

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

2n 261×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Goldblatt, P. 1982. Chromosome cytology in relation to suprageneric systematics of neotropical Iridaceae. Syst. Bot. 7: 186–198.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.687 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type16 records

Museum / vouchered16

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO44 km²

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 1

1 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence16

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	4
Masindi, UG	3
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record	3
Saint Louis, US	2
UFPElocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record	1
Madison, US	1

8 institutions · 16 of 16 vouchered records shown

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