Aspidosperma vargasii is a timber tree native to Venezuela (including the Venezuelan islands in the Caribbean), Colombia, Peru, Guyana, and Suriname.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesHokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the Plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 1–584Parker III, T. A. & B. Bailey. 1991. A biological assessment of the Alto Madidi region and adjacent areas of Northwest Bolivia. RAP Working Papers 1: 1–108.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTFloresta de Terra Firme, Floresta Estacional Decidual, Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial), Restinga
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry9
Leaf C:N ratio21.82 g/g
Leaf c469 mg/g
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)296 mg/g
Leaf n21.23 mg/g
Leaf p0.933 mg/g
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Specific leaf area (SLA)19.68 mm²/mg
Wood density320 mg/cm³
03Chemical composition2 compounds
Compounds documented for Aspidosperma parvifolium across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Aspidosperma parvifolium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL2★rbcLa
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type448 records
Wild obs. + sensor22
Museum / vouchered402
Other24
Origin
Native135
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 052 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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 7≤1 km 1
8 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor22
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 accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 5>10 km 6
11 georeferenced · 391 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence402
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 institutions27 of 80 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chicago, US
59
Bronx, US
26
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
26
Saint Louis, US
24
Stockholm, SE
15
CEPLAClocation not on record
15
UFBAlocation not on record
12
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
12
ASUlocation not on record
11
Feira de Santana, BR
10
UFRRJlocation not on record
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
10
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
9
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
8
JBRJlocation not on record
8
INMAlocation not on record
7
Kew, GB
6
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
6
UFMGlocation not on record
6
Campo Grande, BR
6
Santa Teresa, BR
6
UFMSlocation not on record
5
USP-IBlocation not on record
5
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
5
UNIVASFlocation not on record
5
Salvador, BR
5
Seropédica, BR
5
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
5
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
5
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
4
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record
3
UnBlocation not on record
2
UNESClocation not on record
2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
2
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
2
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
2
Criciúma, BR
2
Porto Alegre, BR
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
UESBlocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
CPATSAlocation not on record
1
Universidade Paulistalocation not on record
1
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
HUENFlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
1
Masindi, UG
1
Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
PUC-RIOlocation not on record
1
UNISANTAlocation not on record
1
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
UFAClocation not on record
1
Universidade Estadual de Campinaslocation not on record
1
VALElocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
UNICAMPlocation not on record
1
Maringá, BR
1
Brasília, BR
1
Cuiabá, BR
1
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
Campo Mourão, BR
1
UFVJMlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Cruz das Almas, BR
1
UFERSAlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
UFSClocation not on record
1
UNIVILLElocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
UNITINSlocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Herbariolocation not on record
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
80 institutions · 395 of 402 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Aspidosperma parvifolium 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
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median22.8 °C 22.8–22.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.70 °C
Max temp (day)27.1 °C
Min temp (night)19.4 °C
Precipitation56.7 mm/mo
Air humidity63.6 %
Moisture balance-41.5 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,006 Pa
Wind speed1.00 m/s
Cloud cover31.8 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility448 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗