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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources13 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF279 records
Genome at a glanceCCDB4.2 Gbp
01Narrative
Anthurium watermaliense, the black anthurium or black prince, is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia. Its dark purple spathes make it popular as a houseplant.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 watermaliense has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAnthurium watermaliense 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 size4 166 280 000 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 watermaliense4.17 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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 5≤10 km 1>10 km 6
17 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor19
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 accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 2≤10 km 12>10 km 2
18 georeferenced · 241 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence259
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
≤1 km 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 institutions13 of 31 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
64
Saint Louis, US
62
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
45
San José, CR
14
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
8
Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record
5
Kew, GB
5
Chicago, US
5
Bronx, US
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
5
HUAlocation not on record
4
Madison, US
4
Claremont, US
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
MEXUlocation not on record
3
CASlocation not on record
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
North Carolina Zoological Parklocation not on record
2
Denver, US
2
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Vanderbilt Universitylocation not on record
1
Calabar, NG
1
Durham, US
1
COLlocation not on record
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
South Kensington, GB
1
31 institutions · 255 of 259 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
