Dalechampia dioscoreifolia is a species of plant in the family Euphorbiaceae first described in 1841.Poeppig, Eduard Friedrich & Endlicher, Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus. 1841. Nova genera ac species plantarum, quas in regno Chilensi Peruviano et in terra Amazonica 3: 20 in LatinTropicos, Dalechampia dioscoreifolia Poepp. It is native to Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama) and northern and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, northern Brazil, Bolivia, and possibly Ecuador).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesStevens, W.D., Ulloa U., C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (2001). Flora de Nicaragua. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85: i-xlii, 1-2666.Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.Idárraga-Piedrahita, A., Ortiz, R.D.C., Callejas Posada, R. & Merello, M. (eds.) (2011). Flora de Antioquia: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares 2: 1-939. Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín.Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monographs in systematic botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 45: i–xl, 1–1286Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil . Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroWebster, G. L. & W. S. Armbruster. 1991. A synopsis of the neotropical species of Dalechampia (Euphorbiaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 105(2): 137–177. The true D. dioscoreifolia, photo taken in Costa Rica by WS Armbruster Photo of Dalechampia aristolochiifolia, which is often misidentified as D. dioscoreifolia
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTCerrado (lato sensu), Floresta Ciliar ou Galeria
Woodinessnon-woody
⚠ sources differ — TRY: non-woody · GIFT: woody
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 Dalechampia dioscoreifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections2
Countries2
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.
★ITS★ITS2
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type302 records
Wild obs. + sensor14
Museum / vouchered288
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO712 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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 1≤10 km 2>10 km 3
10 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor14
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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 7≤10 km 8>10 km 3
21 georeferenced · 267 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence288
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 institutions22 of 43 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
101
Chicago, US
57
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
26
Bronx, US
14
San José, CR
8
Kew, GB
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
León, NI
5
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
4
Austin, US
4
Durham, US
4
Mexico City, MX
4
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
3
Madison, US
3
Wlocation not on record
2
Quito, EC
2
Fort Worth, US
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
Tampa, US
2
COLlocation not on record
2
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Trondheim, NO
1
LDlocation not on record
1
INBIOlocation not on record
1
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Calabar, NG
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
HUAlocation not on record
1
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
43 institutions · 281 of 288 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Dalechampia dioscoreifolia 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
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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 median25.3 °C 25.3–25.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.10 °C
Max temp (day)28.1 °C
Min temp (night)23.1 °C
Precipitation240 mm/mo
Air humidity68.6 %
Moisture balance76.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,012 Pa
Wind speed4.50 m/s
Cloud cover30.7 %
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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility302 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
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