Verticordia acerosa

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Myrtales/Myrtaceae/Verticordia

At a glance

Occurrence records141

Data sources7

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Verticordia acerosa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility141 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF141 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 16

01Narrative

Verticordia acerosa var. preissii Verticordia acerosa is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with yellow flowers which change colour through red to almost black as they age. There are two varieties which vary in their leaf shape, their flower colour and some of the structures in the flower.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Leaf length15 mm

Leaf width0.6 mm

Plant height1 m

Plant height max1 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flowering timennnnnnnyyyyn

Life formtuberous shrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typenut

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical

Woodinesswoody

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 Verticordia acerosa has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Verticordia acerosa 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 records16–162n range16median16mode3records

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

2n 163×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Rye, B. L. 1979. Chromosome number variation in the Myrtaceae and its taxonomic implications. Austral. J. Bot. 27: 547–573.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Smith-White 1954a

n 82×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tyagi, A. P., J. McComb & J. Considine. 1991. Cytogenetic and pollination studies in the genus Verticordia DC. Austral. J. Bot. 39: 261–272.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Rye, B. L. 1979. Chromosome number variation in the Myrtaceae and its taxonomic implications. Austral. J. Bot. 27: 547–573.

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 type141 records

Wild obs. + sensor64

Museum / vouchered77

Origin

Native20

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO404 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 25≤1 km 16≤10 km 7>10 km 2

50 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor64

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 accuracy14% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 6≤10 km 40>10 km 10

58 georeferenced · 19 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence77

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 institutions10 of 13 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Mount Annan, AU	20
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	20
BGPAlocation not on record	9
Brisbane, AU	8
Armidale, AU	5
Kensington, AU	5
Adelaide, AU	2
Palmerston, AU	2
Hobart, AU	2
LDlocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Claremont, US	1
Wellington, NZ	1

13 institutions · 77 of 77 vouchered records shown

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