Caryota rumphiana

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Caryota

At a glance

Occurrence records133

Data sources10

Biological traits26

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections5

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Caryota rumphiana's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility133 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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 & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF133 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 34

01Narrative

Caryota rumphiana, whose common names include the fishtail or Albert palm, is a Caryota or fish tail palm. It is native to Philippines, Sulawesi, Maluku, New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Bismarck Archipelago.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, R. & Dransfield, J. (2005). World Checklist of Palms: 1-223. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Takeuchi, W. (2005). Floristic notes from a holocene successional environment in Papuasia. Harvard Papers in Botany 10: 95-116.Dowe, J.L. (2010). Australian palms: biogeography, ecology and systematics: 1-290. CSIRO Publishing. Its leaves have a distinctive fishtail shape and its flowers have been described as mop-like. It is monocarpic.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Fruit length22 mm

Fruit width28 mm

Leaf length max7 000 mm

Plant height15 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 15 m · TRY: 20 m

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourblack

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTcanopy

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits6

Dbh max50 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Plant support typefree-standing

Shoot length max2 000 cm

Shoot orientationerect

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Caryota rumphiana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes2

eDNA detections5

Countries1

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.

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plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Caryota rumphiana 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.

Chromosomes2n = 34 n = 17

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 341×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Röser, M. 1994. Pathways of karyological differentiation in palms. Pl. Syst. Evol. 189: 83–122.

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type133 records

Wild obs. + sensor10

Museum / vouchered115

Other8

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO292 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 accuracy22% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 3>10 km 4

9 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor10

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 accuracy77% within 1 km

≤1 km 20≤10 km 4>10 km 2

26 georeferenced · 89 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence115

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 8 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	31
Tampa, US	15
Xiamen, CN	8
Paris, FR	5
Bronx, US	4
St. Paul, US	3
Miami, US	1
Cambridge, US	1

8 institutions · 68 of 115 vouchered records shown · 45 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Caryota rumphiana 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 found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 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↔winter1.80 °C

Max temp (day)25.4 °C

Min temp (night)20.7 °C

Precipitation341 mm/mo

Air humidity74.2 %

Moisture balance252 mm/mo

Vapour deficit715 Pa

Wind speed2.10 m/s

Cloud cover49.9 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · 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.

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