Epidendrum difforme (the "Differently Formed Epidendrum") is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum. In 1861, Müller classified this species in the subsection Umbellata of the section Planifolia of subgenus Euepidendrum Lindl. of the genus Epidendrum. The diploid chromosome number of E. difforme has been determined both as 2n = 40 and as 2n = 39.page 251 of Leonardo P. Felix and Marcelo Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234-278. The Linnean Society of London. downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/pdf
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Epidendrum difforme has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK1★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualEpidendrum difforme 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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 402×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · iapt
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tanaka, R. & F. Maekawa. 1983. Observation of chromosomes in some orchid species from Peru and Mexico. Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 2: 33–45.
CCDB · iapt — IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 26
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 25≤1 km 13≤10 km 3>10 km 12
53 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor62
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 accuracy65% within 1 km
≤100 m 68≤1 km 10≤10 km 38>10 km 4
120 georeferenced · 141 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence261
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 5>10 km 4
9 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living9
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 institutions33 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
51
South Kensington, GB
23
Bronx, US
22
INMAlocation not on record
12
Mexico City, MX
12
Saint Louis, US
10
Madison, US
7
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
7
Austin, US
7
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
7
Tampa, US
7
San Francisco, US
6
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
6
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
5
Blumenau, BR
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
4
Cambridge, US
4
Durham, US
3
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
3
Riverside, US
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
2
Xiamen, CN
2
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
2
Brasília, BR
2
GB
2
Chicago, US
2
Austin, US
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
2
Denver, US
1
UFVJMlocation not on record
1
Miami, US
1
UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
UnBlocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
UFPElocation not on record
1
Loja, EC
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
herb. Vásquezlocation not on record
1
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
1
St. Augustine, TT
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Fredericksburg, US
1
57 institutions · 251 of 261 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Epidendrum difforme 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility332 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗