Cryptocarya cunninghamii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Laurales/Lauraceae/Cryptocarya

At a glance

Occurrence records884

Data sources8

Biological traits28

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Cryptocarya cunninghamii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility884 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

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 sources28 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS9 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF884 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Cryptocarya cunninghamii is a tree in the family Lauraceae. Found in protected sites and rainforest in northern Australia, the coconut laurel has an aromatic scent, and attracts birds and butterflies.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology9

Fruit length14 mm

Fruit width14 mm

Leaf length135 mm

Leaf width48 mm

Petiole length0.875 cm

Plant height25 m

Plant height min5 m

Seed length10.5 mm

Seed width11 mm

Life cycle & reproduction6

Deciduousnessevergreen

Flowering timennnnyyyyyynn

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical oblong

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Wood density672 mg/cm³

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition9 compounds

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

Compound class profile5 classes

Aromadendrane sesquiterpenoids2

Bicyclogermacrane sesquiterpenoids $ Cyclogermacrane sesquiterpenoids2

Cadinane sesquiterpenoids1

Caryophyllane sesquiterpenoids1

Menthane monoterpenoids $ Monocyclic monoterpenoids1

Documented compounds9 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(+)-1(10),4-Cadinadiene	present	LOTUS
(-)-Caryophyllene	present	LOTUS
(1aS,4aS,7S,7aR,7bS)-1,1,7-trimethyl-4-methylidene-1a,2,3,4a,5,6,7a,7b-octahydrocyclopropa[h]azulen-7-ol	present	LOTUS
(1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo(4.4.0.02,7)dec-3-ene	present	LOTUS
(1S,2E,10R)-3,7,11,11-tetramethylbicyclo[8.1.0]undeca-2,6-diene	present	LOTUS
Bicyclogermacrene	present	LOTUS
Linalool	present	LOTUS
p-Menth-1-en-4-ol	present	LOTUS
Spathulenol	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Cryptocarya cunninghamii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

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.

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plant barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type884 records

Wild obs. + sensor334

Museum / vouchered518

Other32

Origin

Native28

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 036 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 56≤1 km 1

57 georeferenced · 277 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor334

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 accuracy28% within 1 km

≤100 m 44≤1 km 50≤10 km 226>10 km 21

341 georeferenced · 177 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence518

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 institutions10 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
Smithfield, AU	170
Brisbane, AU	116
Palmerston, AU	72
Canberra, AU	40
Kensington, AU	28
Mount Annan, AU	20
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	19
Kew, GB	13
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	4
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record	4
Honolulu, US	4
Adelaide, AU	3
Armidale, AU	1
Australian Tropical Herbariumlocation not on record	1
ASUlocation not on record	1

15 institutions · 496 of 518 vouchered records shown · 22 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Cryptocarya cunninghamii 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 median21.4 °C 21.4–21.4

Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.80 °C

Max temp (day)22.4 °C

Min temp (night)20.4 °C

Precipitation87.4 mm/mo

Air humidity62.8 %

Moisture balance-6.90 mm/mo

Vapour deficit943 Pa

Wind speed2.80 m/s

Cloud cover35.4 %

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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