Aeranthes grandiflora

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Aeranthes

At a glance

Occurrence records83

Data sources6

Biological traits8

DNA specimens8

eDNA detections8

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Aeranthes grandiflora's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility83 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page5 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF83 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries8 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD8 specimens

01Narrative

Aeranthes grandiflora is a species of orchid and is the type species of its genus. It is native to Madagascar and Comoros.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It is characterized by long, spindly, naturally hanging inflorescences and relatively large, semi-translucent flowers which open successively over a long period of time; do not cut the inflorescence after the first flower has faded, as these plants rebloom abundantly.Cribb, P., Hermans, J. & Rakotoarinivo, M. (2009). Field Guide to the Orchids of Madagascar: 1-456. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Home culture for this species is among the easiest of any orchid; give them small pots of small-grade bark and moss with medium-warm temperatures (winter nights between 55 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit) and place them under low light of any orientation or even fluorescent lights.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formepiphytic perennial or subshrub

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding8 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 Aeranthes grandiflora has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens8

Marker genes3

eDNA detections8

Countries1

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type83 records

Wild obs. + sensor10

Museum / vouchered73

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO128 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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 3≤10 km 2>10 km 1

8 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor10

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced · 72 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence73

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 institutions2 of 9 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	25
Saint Louis, US	20
Plocation not on record	9
BRLUlocation not on record	7
Kew, GB	4
Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rurallocation not on record	2
Wayland Universitylocation not on record	1
CJBGlocation not on record	1
Glocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 70 of 73 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Aeranthes grandiflora 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 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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