Tulista kingiana

(Poelln.) Gideon F.Sm. & Molteno · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asphodelaceae/Tulista

At a glance

Occurrence records16

Data sources5

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Tulista kingiana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility16 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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 & measurements2 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF16 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Tulista kingiana is a species of succulent plant, from the Western Cape, South Africa. It is listed as Endangered on the IUCN global Red List It was formerly classed in the genus Haworthia, as Haworthia kingiana.Smith, G. & Figueiredo, E. & Molteno, S. (2017). A new combination in Tulista, T. kingiana (Asphodeloideae, Xanthorrhoeaceae / Alooideae, Asphodelaceae). Phytotaxa. 297. 285. 10.11646/phytotaxa.297.3.8.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Size & morphology2

Plant height max0.43 m

Plant height min0.18 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 000 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

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 Tulista kingiana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type16 records

Wild obs. + sensor15

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO60 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 15

15 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor15

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 · 1 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Tulista kingiana 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median16.9 °C 16.9–16.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter6.30 °C

Max temp (day)19.7 °C

Min temp (night)14.5 °C

Precipitation38.5 mm/mo

Air humidity61.0 %

Vapour deficit747 Pa

Cloud cover11.1 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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