Eulophia mechowii

(Rchb.f.) T.Durand & Schinz · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Eulophia

At a glance

Occurrence records36

Data sources4

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Eulophia mechowii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility36 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

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 sources11 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF36 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Orthochilus mechowii is a species of orchid. It occurs from Nigeria to Western Ethiopia and South Africa. It was previously known as Eulophia mechowii until recently transferred back to the genus Orthochilus.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height0.5 m

Plant height max6.71 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Eulophia mechowii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type36 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered35

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO124 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence35

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 institutions3 of 4 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
MeiseBGlocation not on record	27
Zürich, CH	2
Pretoria, ZA	1
Pittsburg, US	1

4 institutions · 31 of 35 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Eulophia mechowii 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.

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