Appendicula elegans — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Appendicula

At a glance

Occurrence records9

Data sources7

Biological traits7

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Appendicula elegans's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

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 & measurements3 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF9 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI1 specimens

01Narrative

Appendicula elegans is a species of orchids. It is found in Malesia (Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Seed mass0.011 mg

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life formepiphyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment4

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formepiphyte

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Appendicula elegans has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes2

GenBank sequences1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

rbcLMT518942.1 ↗546 bpUSA · 2017

ACGT

AAGCGTTGGATTTAAAGCTGGTGTTAAAGATTACAAATTGACTTATTATACTCCTGACTACGAAACCAAAGATACTGATATATTGGCAGC …

Appendicula elegans voucher ORDNA00192 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast

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.

rbcL1rbcLa

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type9 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered7

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO32 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7

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 institutions1 of 1 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	1

1 institutions · 1 of 7 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Appendicula elegans 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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.