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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources20 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 101 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
Genome at a glanceCCDB743 Mbp
01Narrative
Catopsis sessiliflora is a species in the genus Catopsis. This species is native to West Indies, and also to Latin America from Puebla and Jalisco south to Peru.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Catopsis sessiliflora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences7
Countries2
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.
★matK3★rbcL4
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualCatopsis sessiliflora 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size743 280 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Catopsis sessiliflora0.74 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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 = 50 n = 25
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
n 251×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Brown, G. K. & A. J. Gilmartin. 1989. Chromosome numbers in Bromeliaceae. Amer. J. Bot. 76(5): 657–665.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 25≤1 km 10≤10 km 9>10 km 9
53 georeferenced · 67 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor120
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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 252≤1 km 13≤10 km 26>10 km 6
297 georeferenced · 684 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence981
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 institutions46 of 96 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
161
Saint Louis, US
141
Mexico City, MX
122
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
70
Chicago, US
66
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
45
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
38
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
23
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
20
San José, CR
18
Bronx, US
16
QCNElocation not on record
15
San Francisco, US
14
Tampa, US
13
Ciudad de México, MX
13
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
9
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
9
Ann Arbor, US
8
Blumenau, BR
6
Madison, US
6
St. Augustine, TT
6
Xiamen, CN
6
Aarhus, DK
5
Kew, GB
5
Chaguaramas, TT
4
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
4
Salvador, BR
4
Puebla, MX
4
Berlin, DE
4
Frankfurt am Main
3
Cambridge, US
3
MEXUlocation not on record
3
Stockholm, SE
3
Tapachula, MX
3
Davis, US
3
JBRJlocation not on record
3
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
3
Durham, US
3
Santiago de Cali, CO
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
2
UFBAlocation not on record
2
Quito, EC
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Guatemala City, GT
2
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
2
CEPLAClocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
2
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
2
UFESlocation not on record
2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
2
IPA/SPlocation not on record
2
Chapingo, MX
2
Universidade Federal do Espírito Santolocation not on record
2
OTSlocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
2
Fortaleza, BR
1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
1
Cruz das Almas, BR
1
East Lansing, US
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
Feira de Santana, BR
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
GB
1
Tlalnepantla, MX
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
1
Riverside, US
1
Paris, FR
1
LDlocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
BGBMlocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
1
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
1
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
1
Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record
1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
1
UFPElocation not on record
1
Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
HUAlocation not on record
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Teresina, BR
1
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
1
96 institutions · 958 of 981 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 101 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗