Eulophia saundersiana

Rchb.f. · species

image placeholder — illustration coming later

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Eulophia

At a glance

Occurrence records7

Data sources6

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections4

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF7 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 58

01Narrative

Oeceoclades saundersiana is a terrestrial orchid species in the genus Oeceoclades that is native to a large area in tropical Africa. It can be found in west tropical Africa (Benin, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone), west-central tropical Africa (Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Gulf of Guinea islands, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of the Congo), northeast tropical Africa (Ethiopia), east tropical Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda), and south tropical Africa (Angola and Zambia). It was first described by the German botanist Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach in 1866 as Eulophia saundersiana. It was later transferred to the genus Oeceoclades in 1976 by Leslie Andrew Garay and Peter Taylor. Garay and Taylor noted that O. saundersiana has a labellum with four lobes of equal size and the pseudobulb is long and cylindrical with two leaves.Garay, L.A., and P. Taylor. 1976. The genus Oeceoclades Lindl. Botanical Museum Leaflets, Harvard University 24(9): 249-274.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Plant height0.4 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.4 m · TRY: 0.6 m

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding4 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 saundersiana has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections4

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Eulophia saundersiana 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.

Chromosomes2n = 58 n = 29

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records58–582n range58median58mode3records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 583×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Burg, W. J. V. & F. M. V. Laan. 1980. Notes on African Orchids. Belmontia. 11: 23–36.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Aoyama, M. 1989. Karyomorphological studies in Cymbidium and its allied genera, Orchidaceae. Bull. Hiroshima Bot. Gard. 11: 1–121.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — AR-RUSHDI, A.H. 1971. Chromosomes of some West African orchids. Cytologia 36: 487-492.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type7 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO28 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1

1 georeferenced

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 6 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence6

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 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record	4
Paris, FR	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 6 of 6 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Eulophia saundersiana 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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.

←→tabs

The Life Data · species page · narrative wired to read_model image placeholder · 3D tilt requires an http server (WebGL)