Aerangis modesta

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Aerangis

At a glance

Occurrence records283

Data sources9

Biological traits10

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility283 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 sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF283 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 50

01Narrative

Aerangis modesta is a species of epiphytic orchid native to Madagascar and to the Comoro Islands.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formepiphytic subshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: Epiphyte

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

2n 501×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — 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 type283 records

Wild obs. + sensor53

Museum / vouchered230

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO332 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 accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 20≤1 km 13≤10 km 3>10 km 6

42 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor53

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤10 km 3

6 georeferenced · 224 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence230

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 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record	90
Saint Louis, US	52
Plocation not on record	29
BRLUlocation not on record	16
Glocation not on record	7
Kew, GB	6
Paris, FR	6
South Kensington, GB	4
CJBGlocation not on record	3
Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rurallocation not on record	2

10 institutions · 215 of 230 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Aerangis modesta 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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