Aphanactis jamesoniana

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Asterales/Asteraceae/Aphanactis

At a glance

Occurrence records45

Data sources9

Biological traits8

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aphanactis jamesoniana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility45 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF45 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaTgenome

01Narrative

Aphanactis jamesoniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max4 300 m

Elevation min3 500 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

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 Aphanactis jamesoniana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

GenBank sequences2

eDNA detections2

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

rbcLAY215083.1 ↗1 409 bp

ACGT

TTAAAGATTATAAATTGACTTATTATACTCCTGAATATGAAACCAAGGATACTGATATCTTGGCAGCATTTCGAGTAACTCCTCAACCTG …

Aphanactis jamesoniana ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast gene for chloroplast product

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.

★matK1★rbcL1

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Aphanactis jamesoniana 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.

Ploidydiploid inferred

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type45 records

Wild obs. + sensor8

Museum / vouchered37

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO112 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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 2>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 32 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence37

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 institutions8 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Quito, EC	6
Aarhus, DK	5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	5
Xiamen, CN	3
Saint Louis, US	3
PRClocation not on record	3
QCNElocation not on record	2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	2
Stockholm, SE	1
Kew, GB	1
Cuenca, EC	1
South Kensington, GB	1

12 institutions · 33 of 37 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Aphanactis jamesoniana 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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