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Group:
Eudicot
Estimated genome size:
0.3 meters in height.
Size:
0.3 meters in height.
Distribution:
Found in grassland habitats across Southern Africa.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
122.04 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
9.24 kilobases
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Genome Length:
2.75 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
99.6% [S: 60.8%, D: 38.8%]
Importance:
Some populations of this species in the Barberton region of South Africa have evolved the ability to hyperaccumulate nickel, making this species ideal for a comparative genomics approach to understand the evolution of this extreme phenotype.
Group:
Eudicot
Genome size:
1 480 million DNA base pairs (1.48 Gigabases)
Size:
1.8 – 2 meters in height
Distribution:
Native to southern Africa, gannabos is found in South Africa, Botswana, and Namibia, and it is abundant in the Karoo, Little Karoo, and Eastern Cape areas. Thriving in dry watercourses of the hot and arid inland parts of southern Africa in areas where underground water is likely to be retained longest. Also growing on riverbanks and floodplains in loamy and saline soils which are dry for extended periods.
PromethION Sequencing Report:
Output:
51.54 Gigabases
Approximate N50:
9.48 kilobases
Assembly N50:
TBA
Contig number:
TBA
Draft Genome Assembly Statistics:
Assembler used:
TBA
Genome Length:
0.81 Gigabases
BUSCO completeness score (single and duplicated genes):
98.8% [S: 81.2%, D: 17.6%]
BUSCO database:
TBA
Caroxylon aphyllum
Gannabos
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Importance:
Gannabos was used in the past by farmers to make lye and soap. It is heavily browsed by all types of wild and domestic animals, including ruminants and ostriches and is a valuable feed in times of scarcity. It is also one of the bushes that is part of a sheep's diet and is considered necessary for producing karoo lamb when selling meat.
Date Published:
2025-03-12
Photo credit:
© K. Grobler
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