Arthrochilus irritabilis — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Arthrochilus

At a glance

Occurrence records160

Data sources4

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Arthrochilus irritabilis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility160 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF160 records

01Narrative

Arthrochilus irritabilis, commonly known as clubbed elbow orchid, is a flowering plant in the orchid family (Orchidaceae) and is endemic to Queensland. It has up to five leaves and up to thirty light greenish or reddish, insect-like flower with reddish, hair-like glands on its labellum. There is a single record of this species from Papua New Guinea.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Leaf length55 mm

Leaf width11 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type160 records

Wild obs. + sensor40

Museum / vouchered116

Cultivated / captive4

Origin

Native6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO428 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 4>10 km 36

40 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor40

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 accuracy1% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 110>10 km 3

114 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence116

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 4

4 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions7 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	45
Canberra, AU	35
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	15
Smithfield, AU	9
Mount Annan, AU	6
Adelaide, AU	2
Parkville, AU	1
Hobart, AU	1
QVMAGlocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 115 of 116 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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