Dactylorhiza majalis
(Rchb.) P.F.Hunt & Summerh. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Dactylorhiza majalis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility136 208 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI61 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics37 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Dactylorhiza majalis, the broad-leaved marsh orchid, is a terrestrial Eurasian orchid. Subspecies include: western marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. occidentalis), southern marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. praetermissa), Hebridean marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. ebudensis), and narrow-leaved marsh orchid (Dactylorhiza majalis subsp. traunsteinerioides). The broad-leaved marsh orchid grows mainly in nitrogen-poor marsh areas that consist of several plant communities. More rarely, it is found in fens. Its flowering period begins at lower elevations as early as the beginning of May and ends in higher elevations at the end of July. The lowest blossoms usually open even before the stem has reached its full height.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology5
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry4
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Dactylorhiza majalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds2 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beta-D-Glucopyranoside, 4-[[[(2R)-2-[(S)-carboxyhydroxymethyl]-2-(beta-D-glucopyranosyloxy)-4-methyl-1-oxopentyl]oxy]methyl]phenyl | present | LOTUS | |
| Soyacerebroside II | present | LOTUS |
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 Dactylorhiza majalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Dactylorhiza majalis 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.
2n 8025×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · brit-fl +10
2n 403×CCDB · mediterranean · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
n 401×CCDB · Cave1963
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type136 208 records
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions37 of 84 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 4 995 |
| LDlocation not on record | 376 |
| Berlin, DE | 295 |
| Salzburg, AT | 293 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 142 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 135 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 129 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 101 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 94 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 84 |
| Xiamen, CN | 77 |
| Görlitz, DE | 53 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 51 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 50 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 46 |
| Dresden, DE | 45 |
| Paris, FR | 40 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 39 |
| Barcelona, ES | 38 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 35 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 33 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 32 |
| BClocation not on record | 31 |
| Bern, CH | 30 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 30 |
| Wlocation not on record | 18 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 16 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 16 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 15 |
| Clocation not on record | 15 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 13 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 12 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 12 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 11 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 11 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 10 |
| Mlocation not on record | 10 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 10 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 6 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 5 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Copenhagen, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Herbarium Clocation not on record | 5 |
| Glarus, CH | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 3 |
| Lausanne, CH | 3 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 3 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kostrzyca Forest Gene Banklocation not on record | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| NBSIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kuopio, FI | 2 |
| Madison, US | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 2 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| Garðabær, IS | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Dactylorhiza majalis 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.