Dypsis heterophylla — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Dypsis

At a glance

Occurrence records105

Data sources4

Biological traits26

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Dypsis heterophylla's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility105 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources26 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF105 records

01Narrative

Dypsis heterophylla est une espèce rare de palmiers (Arecaceae), endémique de Madagascar. En 2012 elle est considérée par l'IUCN comme une espèce quasi-menacée.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology8

Fruit length5.65 mm

Fruit length max6.3 mm

Fruit length min5 mm

Fruit width4.5 mm

Fruit width max5 mm

Fruit width min4 mm

Leaf length max400 mm

Plant height2.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourorange

Growth formshrub

Habitat GIFTunderstorey

Woodinesswoody

Other traits6

Dbh max0.8 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Plant support typefree-standing

Shoot length max250 cm

Shoot orientationerect

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type105 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered103

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO188 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 2

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

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 accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1>10 km 6

8 georeferenced · 95 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence103

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 institutions5 of 11 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	33
Saint Louis, US	20
Plocation not on record	16
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record	14
Paris, FR	6
Stockholm, SE	3
Aix-Marseille Universitélocation not on record	3
Centre National de la Recherche Appliquée au Developement Rurallocation not on record	2
Bronx, US	1
Centre National d'Application des Recherches Pharmaceutiques (CNARP)location not on record	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1

11 institutions · 100 of 103 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code