Aerangis biloba

(Lindl.) Schltr. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Aerangis

At a glance

Occurrence records119

Data sources9

Biological traits11

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aerangis biloba's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility119 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF119 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 50

01Narrative

Aerangis biloba is a species of epiphytic orchid.Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf. 1915. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 53: 598 It is native to tropical West Africa (Benin, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formepiphytic subshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 Aerangis biloba has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★matK★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Aerangis biloba 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 = 50 n = 25

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records50–502n range50median50mode8records

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

2n 508×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-fedorov +1

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Arends, J. C. & F. M. van/der/Laan. 1986. Cytotaxonomy of the Vandeae. Lindleyana 1: 33–41.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Burg, W. J. V. & F. M. V. Laan. 1980. Notes on African Orchids. Belmontia. 11: 23–36.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — JONES, K. 1967. The chromosomes of Orchids: II Vandeae Lindl. Kew Bull. 21: 151-156.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — AR-RUSHDI, A.H. 1971. Chromosomes of some West African orchids. Cytologia 36: 487-492.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Shindo, Kamemoto 1963d (I. 1963) co

CCDB · book-fedorov — Chardard 1963

CCDB · Cave1963 — Shindo & Kam. 1963d

CCDB · Cave1963 — Chardard 1963

n 251×CCDB · Cave1963

CCDB · Cave1963 — Chardard 1963

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 type119 records

Wild obs. + sensor17

Museum / vouchered100

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO248 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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 3

6 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 100 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence100

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 institutions4 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)location not on record	25
BRLUlocation not on record	16
Saint Louis, US	9
Paris, FR	6
HNBlocation not on record	5
Kew, GB	3
WAGlocation not on record	3
Plocation not on record	2
MeiseBGlocation not on record	2
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record	2
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record	1
CMULlocation not on record	1
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record	1
Yaoundé, CM	1
MAlocation not on record	1
Université du Lomélocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 79 of 100 vouchered records shown · 21 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Aerangis biloba 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

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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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