Epidendrum nocturnum
Jacq. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Epidendrum nocturnum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 187 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Epidendrum nocturnum (the "nocturnal epidendrum") is the type species of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae (Orchid family). The species occurs in Florida, Bahamas, West Indies, Belize, Central America to northern Brazil and the Guyanas. Epidendrum nocturnum is common in South Florida. It is usually autogamous (flowers self-pollinate) and sometimes cleistogamous (flowers self-pollinate before they open). The haploid chromosome number of E. nocturnum has been determined as n = 20. The diploid chromosome number has been determined both as 2n = 40 and as 2n = 80. In 1984, the variety E. nocturnum var. guadeloupense was determined to have a diploid chromosome number of 2n = 42—48. On November 7, 2010, Kew did not recognize the existence of this variety in its World Checklist of Selected Plant Families.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry7
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 nocturnum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Epidendrum nocturnum 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
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.
2n 401×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type2 187 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions53 of 116 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 | 195 |
| Bronx, US | 119 |
| Mexico City, MX | 101 |
| Durango, MX | 74 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 55 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 41 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 39 |
| Chicago, US | 37 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 31 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 31 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 29 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 24 |
| South Kensington, GB | 24 |
| León, NI | 18 |
| Blumenau, BR | 13 |
| Paris, FR | 13 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 12 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 12 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 10 |
| Mérida, MX | 10 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Brasília, BR | 9 |
| Berlin, DE | 9 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 9 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 8 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 8 |
| Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record | 8 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 7 |
| Instituto Chinoin, A.C.location not on record | 7 |
| Austin, US | 7 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 7 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 7 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 7 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 6 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 6 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 6 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 5 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Montréal, CA | 4 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chapingo, MX | 3 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 3 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 3 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Santarém, BR | 3 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| Tapachula, MX | 3 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| Madison, US | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Porto Velho, BR | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| La Paz, BO | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Aarhus, DK | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Harvard Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco, US | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| herb. Vásquezlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 1 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNITINSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Universidade de Passo Fundolocation not on record | 1 |
| Toronto, CA | 1 |
| Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record | 1 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 1 |
| Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 1 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 1 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonialocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Autonoma de Baja Californialocation not on record | 1 |
| Iquitos, PE | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Epidendrum nocturnum 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.