Dendrobium wassellii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Dendrobium

At a glance

Occurrence records1

Data sources6

Biological traits12

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Dendrobium wassellii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources12 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 38

01Narrative

Dendrobium wassellii, commonly known as the furrowed pencil orchid, is a species of orchid endemic to a small area on Cape York Peninsula. It is an epiphytic or lithophytic orchid with branched stems, cylindrical, furrowed leaves and flowering stems with up to sixty crowded white flowers with a yellow labellum.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology2

Leaf length85 mm

Leaf width9 mm

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formpseudobulbous epiphyte

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: herb · TRY: Epiphyte

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeterete

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Dendrobium wassellii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Dendrobium wassellii 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 = 38 n = 19

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records38–382n range38median38mode3records

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

2n 383×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — JONES, K., K. Y. Lim & P. J. Cribb. 1982. The chromosomes of orchids VII. Dendrobium. Kew Bull. 37: 221–227.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Hashimoto, K. 1987. Karyomorphological studies of some 80 taxa of Dendrobium, Orchidaceae. Bull. Hiroshima Bot. Gard. 9: 1–186.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Hashimoto, K. 1981. Chromosome count in Dendrobium I. 87 species. Bull. Hiroshima Bot. Gard. 4: 63–80.

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

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 records

Museum / vouchered1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO4 km²

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 1 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Denver, US	1

1 institutions · 1 of 1 vouchered records shown

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