Ceroxylon sasaimae

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Ceroxylon

At a glance

Occurrence records159

Data sources7

Biological traits27

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Ceroxylon sasaimae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility159 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources27 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF159 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Ceroxylon sasaimae, also known as the Sasaima wax palm is a species of flowering plant in the family Arecaceae. It is found only in Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology7

Fruit length16.5 mm

Fruit width16.5 mm

Fruit width max18 mm

Fruit width min15 mm

Leaf length max3 150 mm

Plant height15 m

Plant height max20 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max1 800 m

Elevation min1 350 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourorange

Growth formother

Habitat GIFTcanopy

Woodinesswoody

Other traits6

Dbh max30 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Plant support typefree-standing

Shoot length max1 500 cm

Shoot orientationerect

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 Ceroxylon sasaimae has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★trnL-F

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type159 records

Wild obs. + sensor24

Museum / vouchered133

Cultivated / captive2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO112 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 20

20 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor24

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 2

4 georeferenced · 129 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence133

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living2

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

Institution	Specimens
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record	124
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record	6
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record	2
Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldtlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 133 of 133 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Ceroxylon sasaimae 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 median13.5 °C 13.5–13.5

Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.50 °C

Max temp (day)17.2 °C

Min temp (night)10.1 °C

Precipitation161 mm/mo

Air humidity70.0 %

Moisture balance54.6 mm/mo

Vapour deficit462 Pa

Wind speed1.90 m/s

Cloud cover17.5 %

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.

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