Carpobrotus edulis

TaxID: 379215

Basic Information

Carpobrotus edulis

Hottentot Fig, Hottentot fig

Carpobrotus edulis is a creeping plant with succulent leaves in the fig-marigold family Aizoaceae, native to South Africa. Its common names include hottentot-fig, sour fig, ice plant, highway ice plant, or vygie.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Aizoaceae

Carpobrotus

edulis

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Carpobrotus edulis
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(c) Cida Werneck@BY-NC
Carpobrotus edulis
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(c) Henrik Kibak@BY
Carpobrotus edulis
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(c) Alvesgaspar@BY-SA
Carpobrotus edulis
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(c) kroessler@BY-NC
Carpobrotus edulis
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(c) Valerio Lazzeri@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (4 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Egypt Abesent 2018
Spain Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 2011
Portugal Regulated Invasive Alien Plant 1999
French Polynesia Present —

Distribution (46 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

45
Present
1
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Australia Present
Belgium Present —
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Present —
Brazil Present —
Switzerland Present —
Chile Present —
Cyprus Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_965782825.1 Scaffold 955 211 94201 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR10799660 pollen flowering/reproductive maturity/anther dehiscence - 58929617 USA: California
ERR15315142 - - hermaphrodite and monoecious 31176431 -
ERR15315144 - - hermaphrodite and monoecious 31550786 -

DNA Barcodes (5 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
SAFH2063-11 - rbcLa 552 South Africa 2010-06-09 -26.16444, 27.97667
GBVP1947-14 - rbcL 1323 - - -
GBVE3677-11 - rbcL 1389 - - -
GBVE3676-11 - rbcL 720 Portugal - 39.675292999999996, -7.9336624
EDTOL1019-22 - rbcL 607 United Kingdom 2022-06-15 49.959, -5.206

Literature