Astelia pumila

(J.R.Forst.) Gaudich. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asteliaceae/Astelia

At a glance

Occurrence records133

Data sources6

Biological traits15

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Astelia pumila's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility133 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

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 sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF133 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Astelia pumila is a species of flowering plant in the recently named family Asteliaceae. It is an evergreen silver-green perennial from western Patagonia in southern Chile and nearby areas of Argentina. It grows in forests as well as wetlands. The plant is, together with Donatia fascicularis, dominant in the cushion bogs that exists in areas exposed to the Pacific coast. As such it does not usually found together with Sphagnum which tend to grow slightly more inland. Localities where the plant is found include, from north to south; Queulat National Park, Chonos Archipelago, Taitao Peninsula, San Rafael Lake, the vicinities of Caleta Tortel and Tierra del Fuego National Park.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Size & morphology3

Seed mass0.43 mg

Seed mass max0.43 mg

Seed mass min0.43 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max600 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

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 Astelia pumila has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★rbcL

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type133 records

Wild obs. + sensor72

Museum / vouchered61

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO420 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 accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 37≤1 km 3≤10 km 3>10 km 1

44 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor72

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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤1 km 2>10 km 1

5 georeferenced · 56 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence61

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 institutions10 of 13 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	10
AASlocation not on record	8
MAlocation not on record	4
Paris, FR	3
San Isidro, AR	3
Buenos Aires, AR	2
Edinburgh, GB	2
Trondheim, NO	2
Mount Annan, AU	1
Christchurch, NZ	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Uppsala, SE	1
University of Montpellierlocation not on record	1

13 institutions · 39 of 61 vouchered records shown · 22 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Astelia pumila 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.

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