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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF973 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
Genome at a glanceGoaT337 Mbp
01Narrative
Aechmea angustifolia is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to Central America and northern South America (Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, northern Brazil).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesNelson Sutherland, C.H. (2008). Catálogo de las plantes vasculares de Honduras. Espermatofitas: 1-1576. SERNA/Guaymuras, Tegucigalpa, Honduras.Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.Morales, J.F. (2009). Novedades y notas misceláneas en las Bromeliaceae de Mesoamérica. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 3: 113-116.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTFloresta de Terra Firme, Floresta Estacional Semidecidual
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcoding2 sequences
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 Aechmea angustifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences2
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
★matK2
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualAechmea angustifolia 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size337 410 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Aechmea angustifolia0.34 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type973 records
Wild obs. + sensor479
Museum / vouchered488
Cultivated / captive1
Other5
Origin
Native5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 716 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 accuracy97% within 1 km
≤100 m 367≤1 km 22≤10 km 7>10 km 5
401 georeferenced · 78 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor479
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 18≤10 km 33>10 km 5
60 georeferenced · 428 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence488
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions24 of 54 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
116
Bronx, US
46
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
31
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
25
QCNElocation not on record
23
Chicago, US
23
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
22
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
16
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
13
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
12
Durham, US
11
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
10
La Paz, BO
10
Xiamen, CN
9
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
9
Tampa, US
7
Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record
7
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
6
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
6
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
6
San José, CR
5
Santiago de Cali, CO
4
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
4
León, NI
4
Frankfurt am Main
3
JBRJlocation not on record
3
Aarhus, DK
3
Kew, GB
3
HUAlocation not on record
3
Wlocation not on record
2
Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record
2
Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record
2
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
2
UFMGlocation not on record
2
Cusco, PE
2
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
2
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
2
St. Paul, US
1
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
1
arosemena tola, EC
1
Madison, US
1
Cochabamba, BO
1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record
1
BGBMlocation not on record
1
Miami, US
1
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Sucre, BO
1
Cuiabá, BR
1
UFAClocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
54 institutions · 473 of 488 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
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NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.34 Gbp↗