Cyrtostylis huegelii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Cyrtostylis

At a glance

Occurrence records410

Data sources4

Biological traits24

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Cyrtostylis huegelii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility410 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF410 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Cyrtostylis huegelii, commonly known as the western common gnat orchid or midge orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to Western Australia. It usually has a single rounded leaf and a flowering spike with up to fifteen pale green and dull red flowers with a purplish, shelf-like labellum. Some authorities regard C. huegelii as a synonym of Cyrtostylis reniformis var. huegelii.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology5

Leaf length47.5 mm

Leaf width42 mm

Plant height0.3 m

Plant height max0.3 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Life cycle & reproduction7

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timennnnnnyyynnn

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapecordate

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

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 Cyrtostylis huegelii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

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 type410 records

Wild obs. + sensor184

Museum / vouchered225

Cultivated / captive1

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 188 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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 81≤1 km 37≤10 km 8>10 km 21

147 georeferenced · 37 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor184

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 accuracy49% within 1 km

≤100 m 68≤1 km 29≤10 km 89>10 km 10

196 georeferenced · 29 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence225

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living1

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 institutions6 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kensington, AU	129
Canberra, AU	61
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	14
Adelaide, AU	12
Mount Annan, AU	4
BGPAlocation not on record	2
Hobart, AU	1
Cambridge University Herbariumlocation not on record	1
Smithfield, AU	1

9 institutions · 225 of 225 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

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

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Cyrtostylis huegelii 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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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