Cochlospermum gillivraei

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Malvales/Cochlospermaceae/Cochlospermum

At a glance

Occurrence records817

Data sources9

Biological traits35

DNA specimens9

eDNA detections5

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Cochlospermum gillivraei's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility817 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 & measurements4 literature sources35 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS2 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF817 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD9 specimens

01Narrative

Cochlospermum gillivraei is a tree in the family Bixaceae, with the common name kapok. It is native to Northern Australia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology14

Fruit length77.5 mm

Fruit width50 mm

Leaf length50 mm

Leaf mass per area59.69 g/m2

Leaf width120 mm

Petiole length15 cm

Plant height10 m

Plant height max5 m

Plant height min1 m

Seed length5 mm

Seed mass36.86 mg

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 36.86 mg · GIFT: 41.02 mg

Seed mass max45.18 mg

Seed mass min36.85 mg

Seed width4 mm

Life cycle & reproduction7

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Flowering timennnnnyyyyynn

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formtree

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: tree · AusTraits: shrub tree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapelanceolate narrowly_obovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry2

Specific leaf area (SLA)16.5 mm²/mg

Wood density300 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition2 compounds

Compounds documented for Cochlospermum gillivraei across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile2 classes

Flavones1

Flavanones1

Documented compounds2 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
(S)-Naringenin		present	LOTUS
Apigenin		present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding9 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 Cochlospermum gillivraei has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens9

Marker genes3

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.

★matK★rbcL★rbcLa

plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type817 records

Wild obs. + sensor389

Museum / vouchered279

Cultivated / captive4

Other145

Origin

Native18

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 604 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 accuracy85% within 1 km

≤100 m 184≤1 km 81≤10 km 30>10 km 18

313 georeferenced · 76 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor389

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 accuracy32% within 1 km

≤100 m 37≤1 km 30≤10 km 112>10 km 32

211 georeferenced · 68 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence279

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

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1

3 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions11 of 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	89
Smithfield, AU	51
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	41
Canberra, AU	32
Palmerston, AU	19
Mount Annan, AU	14
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	5
Armidale, AU	4
Kew, GB	3
Saint Louis, US	3
Kensington, AU	2
Adelaide, AU	2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Honolulu, US	1
University of the Sunshine Coastlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 268 of 279 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

09Environmental DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Cochlospermum gillivraei 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 median21.0 °C 20.3–21.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.4 °C

Max temp (day)26.0 °C 24.0–28.0

Min temp (night)15.9 °C 15.2–16.7

Precipitation15.8 mm/mo 15.6–16.0

Air humidity50.8 % 44.9–56.8

Moisture balance-124 mm/mo -139–-109

Vapour deficit1,303 Pa 1,047–1,560

Wind speed3.70 m/s 3.50–3.90

Cloud cover23.8 % 19.2–28.4

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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