Comparettia falcata is an epiphytic species of orchid. It is the type species of the genus Comparettia. It is widespread across much of the warmer parts of the Western Hemisphere: Mexico, Belize, Central America, the West Indies and South America.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 Comparettia falcata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections5
Countries1
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.
★matK4★rbcL2★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualComparettia falcata 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 418≤1 km 133≤10 km 33>10 km 42
626 georeferenced · 346 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor972
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 accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 29≤1 km 18≤10 km 35>10 km 9
91 georeferenced · 183 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence274
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy25% within 1 km
≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 2
4 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living6
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 institutions20 of 44 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chicago, US
30
Saint Louis, US
29
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
20
Durango, MX
20
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
16
Bronx, US
15
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
15
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
13
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
10
Altos de Pipe, VE
8
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
8
Mexico City, MX
6
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
6
Austin, US
5
Aarhus, DK
5
Xiamen, CN
5
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
3
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record
3
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
3
Instituto Chinoin, A.C.location not on record
3
Madison, US
2
Tampa, US
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
2
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
2
San Francisco, US
2
OTSlocation not on record
2
Tapachula, MX
2
MAlocation not on record
1
California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
1
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Santiago de Cali, CO
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal (UNISARC)location not on record
1
Durham, US
1
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
44 institutions · 262 of 274 vouchered records shown · 12 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 Comparettia falcata 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
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 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.
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 252 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
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↗