Dendrocnide photiniphylla

(Kunth) Chew · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Urticaceae/Dendrocnide

At a glance

Occurrence records438

Data sources6

Biological traits39

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections3

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Dendrocnide photiniphylla's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility438 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 & measurements3 literature sources39 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF438 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries3 detections

01Narrative

Dendrocnide photinophylla, the shining-leaved stinging tree, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It occurs from near the Colo River northwest of Sydney to Cooktown in tropical Queensland. A versatile species, it occurs in many different rainforest types. The specific epithet photinophylla translates to shining leaf. The generic name translates to stinging tree.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology21

Fruit length2 mm

Fruit width1.5 mm

Leaf length95 mm

Leaf length max130 mm

Leaf length min60 mm

Leaf mass per area49.0 g/m2

Leaf size5 390 mm²

Leaf width55 mm

Leaf width max80 mm

Leaf width min30 mm

Petiole length3.5 cm

Plant height20 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 20 m · AusTraits: 30 m

Plant height max30 m

Seed length0.5 mm

Seed mass0.52 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.52 mg · AusTraits: 1.14 mg · GIFT: 0.52 mg

Seed mass max0.52 mg

Seed mass min0.52 mg

Seed volume0.45 mm³

Seed volume max0.45 mm³

Seed volume min0.45 mm³

Seed width0.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Flowering timeyyyyyyyynnnn

Life spanperennial

Sex typedioecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment9

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: dry · GIFT: fleshy

Fruit typeachene

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical ovate widely_ovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Wood density207 mg/cm³

05DNA & barcoding3 eDNA hits

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 Dendrocnide photiniphylla has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections3

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type438 records

Wild obs. + sensor434

Museum / vouchered4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 012 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 accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 195≤1 km 62≤10 km 23>10 km 32

312 georeferenced · 122 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor434

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence4

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 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
Kew, GB	3

1 institutions · 3 of 4 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Dendrocnide photiniphylla 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 found3

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 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 median21.9 °C 20.9–22.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.2 °C

Max temp (day)27.5 °C 25.6–28.3

Min temp (night)16.5 °C 15.3–18.6

Precipitation68.9 mm/mo 26.2–147

Air humidity58.6 % 46.4–65.3

Moisture balance-32.4 mm/mo -121–-8.80

Vapour deficit1,006 Pa 946–1,500

Wind speed2.50 m/s 1.50–3.70

Cloud cover24.2 % 19.3–30.5

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · 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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