Tulista pumila

(L.) G.D.Rowley · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asphodelaceae/Tulista

At a glance

Occurrence records376

Data sources8

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections2

Sources8 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility376 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF376 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 14

01Narrative

Tulista pumila ("Vratjiesaalwee") is a species of Tulista succulent plant, from the Western Cape, South Africa. It was formerly placed in the genus Haworthia, as Haworthia pumila or Haworthia maxima.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formsucculent subshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding2 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 pumila has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections2

Countries1

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Tulista pumila 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 = 14 n = 7

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records14–142n range14median14mode5records

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

2n 145×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · Oberlander2016

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — MAJUMDAR, S.K., & H.P. RILEY. 1973. Chromosome numbers, pollen fertility, and pollen size in Haworthia species and hybrids. Canad. J. Bot .. 51: 1753-1759.

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Sato 1942

CCDB · Oberlander2016 — Vijayavalli & Mathew, 1990

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.984 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type376 records

Wild obs. + sensor376

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO560 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 303≤1 km 9≤10 km 3>10 km 21

336 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor376

Wildobservation + sensor

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

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Tulista pumila 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median13.7 °C 13.7–13.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter10.4 °C

Max temp (day)19.5 °C

Min temp (night)9.00 °C

Precipitation67.5 mm/mo

Air humidity57.8 %

Moisture balance-22.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit661 Pa

Wind speed5.40 m/s

Cloud cover12.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · 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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