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 gracile has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections2
Countries2
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 barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAnthurium gracile 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 size6 053 820 000 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
HUMAN3.2 Gb
THIS GENOME Anthurium gracile6.05 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 107≤1 km 25≤10 km 6>10 km 4
142 georeferenced · 94 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor236
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 accuracy18% within 1 km
≤1 km 7≤10 km 23>10 km 8
38 georeferenced · 368 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence406
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 institutions22 of 60 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
51
JBRJlocation not on record
36
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
30
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
28
Chaguaramas, TT
20
Kew, GB
19
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
15
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grossolocation not on record
14
South Kensington, GB
13
Cuiabá, BR
12
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
11
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Paris, FR
8
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
8
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
8
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
7
Salvador, BR
6
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
6
ESALQlocation not on record
5
CEPLAClocation not on record
5
Fort Worth, US
4
Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record
4
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
4
UFPElocation not on record
4
Santa Teresa, BR
4
Loja, EC
3
Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record
3
Altos de Pipe, VE
3
UFMGlocation not on record
3
Austin, US
3
Cenargenlocation not on record
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Brasília, BR
2
UFBAlocation not on record
2
Miami, US
2
UEMAlocation not on record
2
Denver, US
2
MAlocation not on record
2
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Ilhéus, BR
1
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
1
Instituto Amazonico de Investigaciones Cientificas Sinchilocation not on record
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
Santarém, BR
1
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
1
St. Augustine, TT
1
UFRPElocation not on record
1
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
UNESP-RClocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
Vancouver, CA
1
UEPAlocation not on record
1
Collections de la Faculte des Sciences de Lyonlocation not on record
1
Masindi, UG
1
60 institutions · 406 of 406 vouchered records shown
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Anthurium gracile 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
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median24.8 °C 24.3–25.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.80 °C
Max temp (day)29.5 °C
Min temp (night)20.7 °C 20.0–21.3
Precipitation195 mm/mo 71.8–319
Air humidity63.3 % 62.2–64.4
Moisture balance71.5 mm/mo -35.5–179
Vapour deficit1,146 Pa
Wind speed1.10 m/s 0.7–1.40
Cloud cover43.2 % 28.5–57.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility643 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗