Anthurium cubense

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Alismatales/Araceae/Anthurium

At a glance

Occurrence records294

Data sources9

Biological traits11

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections3

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Anthurium cubense's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility294 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 & distributionGBIF294 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 30

01Narrative

Anthurium cubense is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to southeastern Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Colombia, and Venezuela. A large species, it is occasionally kept as a hothouse specimen or as a house plant. With Anthurium pendulifolium, it is a parent of the 'BigBill' hybrid cultivar, with leaves exceeding .

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial or epiphyte

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 000 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphytefacultative

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Epiphyte

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Anthurium cubense has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes2

eDNA detections3

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.

★rbcLa★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Anthurium cubense 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 = 30 n = 15

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records30–302n range30median30mode3records

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

2n 303×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · araceae

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Sheffer, R. & T. Croat. 1983. Chromosome numbers in the genus Anthurium (Araceae) II. Amer. J. Bot. 70: 858–871.

CCDB · araceae — Sheffer & Croat, 1983

CCDB · araceae — Petersen, 1989

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 type294 records

Wild obs. + sensor43

Museum / vouchered250

Cultivated / captive1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO696 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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤100 m 18≤1 km 6≤10 km 2>10 km 5

31 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor43

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 accuracy13% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 11>10 km 3

16 georeferenced · 234 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence250

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

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 institutions12 of 38 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	74
Bronx, US	25
Chicago, US	18
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	12
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record	8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	8
León, NI	6
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record	6
San José, CR	6
Kew, GB	4
Philadelphia, US	4
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record	3
Cambridge, US	3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	3
VENlocation not on record	3
JBRJlocation not on record	2
COLlocation not on record	2
CASlocation not on record	2
Plocation not on record	2
Llocation not on record	2
Berlin, DE	2
Mexico City, MX	2
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record	2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	2
Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record	1
Glocation not on record	1
OTSlocation not on record	1
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record	1
Regione Sardegnalocation not on record	1
PHlocation not on record	1
Miami, US	1
Mlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1
MEXUlocation not on record	1

38 institutions · 217 of 250 vouchered records shown · 33 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Anthurium cubense 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.2 °C 25.3–25.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.50 °C

Max temp (day)30.1 °C

Min temp (night)21.1 °C

Precipitation15.8 mm/mo

Air humidity59.3 %

Moisture balance-165 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,304 Pa

Wind speed5.60 m/s

Cloud cover13.5 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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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