Cleistanthus sumatranus

(Miq.) Müll.Arg. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malpighiales/Phyllanthaceae/Cleistanthus

At a glance

Occurrence records489

Data sources6

Biological traits30

DNA specimens7

eDNA detections5

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Cleistanthus sumatranus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility489 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF489 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 2 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD7 specimens

01Narrative

Cleistanthus sumatranus is an accepted name of a tree species in the genus Cleistanthus (family Phyllanthaceae). No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life. It is found in dense deciduous or evergreen forests, from sea level to approximately 700 m in Brunei, Cambodia, southern China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. In Chinese, it is called 闭花木 bi hua mu and in Vietnamese Cách hoa (Sumatra).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology12

Fruit length10 mm

Fruit length max10 mm

Fruit length min10 mm

Fruit width10 mm

Fruit width max10 mm

Fruit width min10 mm

Leaf length65 mm

Leaf length max100 mm

Leaf length min30 mm

Leaf width max50 mm

Leaf width min20 mm

Plant height18 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max500 m

Elevation mean500 m

Elevation min500 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formtree

Mycorrhiza type0.0000125

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density640 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding7 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 Cleistanthus sumatranus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens7

Marker genes4

eDNA detections5

Countries2

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 barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type489 records

Wild obs. + sensor174

Museum / vouchered315

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO680 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 4≤1 km 167

171 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor174

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 1

1 georeferenced · 314 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence315

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 institutions14 of 19 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Beijing, CN	25
Guilin, CN	24
Guangzhou, CN	23
Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record	14
Kew, GB	11
Kunming, CN	7
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Academia Sinicalocation not on record	6
Chengdu, CN	5
Saint Louis, US	2
Edinburgh, GB	2
Chengdu, CN	1
Philadelphia, US	1
Cambridge, US	1
Llocation not on record	1
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record	1
Xiamen, CN	1
Cibinong, ID	1
South China Normal Universitylocation not on record	1
Taipei, TW	1

19 institutions · 128 of 315 vouchered records shown · 185 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Cleistanthus sumatranus 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

Countries2

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map2 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median19.1 °C 11.8–26.3

Seasonal swing summer↔winter17.9 °C

Max temp (day)23.8 °C 17.4–30.3

Min temp (night)13.3 °C 5.20–21.5

Precipitation75.5 mm/mo 26.1–125

Air humidity52.7 % 47.1–58.4

Moisture balance-52.1 mm/mo -86.6–-17.5

Vapour deficit1,175 Pa 897–1,454

Wind speed3.40 m/s 2.40–4.30

Cloud cover31.4 % 25.6–37.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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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