Cypripedium tibeticum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Cypripedium

At a glance

Occurrence records243

Data sources10

Biological traits11

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Cypripedium tibeticum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility243 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF243 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 20

01Narrative

Cypripedium tibeticum is a species of orchid in section Cypripedium in the subsec. Macrantha It is native to Bhutan, Sikkim, and Western China (Gansu, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).Flora of China v 25 p 27, 西藏杓兰 xi zang shao lan, Cypripedium tibeticumKew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formrhizomatous geophyte

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max4 200 m

Elevation min2 300 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Cypripedium tibeticum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes3

eDNA detections4

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 barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Cypripedium tibeticum 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.

Chromosomes2n = 20 n = 10

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records20–202n range20median20mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 202×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Hoshi, Y., K. Kondo, R. Tanaka & K. KARASAWA. 1995. A comparison of C-banding pattern in nine species of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae). Kromosomo 77: 2636–2645.

CCDB · eflora

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type243 records

Wild obs. + sensor55

Museum / vouchered185

Other3

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO396 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 accuracy44% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 9≤10 km 7>10 km 17

43 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor55

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 5

5 georeferenced · 180 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence185

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 12 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	105
South Kensington, GB	23
Kunming, CN	19
Chengdu, CN	17
Harvard Universitylocation not on record	5
GMBAlocation not on record	5
Guilin, CN	3
Bronx, US	2
Cambridge, US	2
Guangzhou, CN	2
Cambridge, US	1
Uppsala, SE	1

12 institutions · 185 of 185 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Cypripedium tibeticum 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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.

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