Habitat GIFTÁrea Antrópica, Floresta de Terra Firme, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry1
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
05DNA & barcoding4 sequences
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 Ficus velutina has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences4
Countries2
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★rbcL3
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type776 records
Wild obs. + sensor54
Museum / vouchered701
Cultivated / captive1
Other20
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 648 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 accuracy96% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 2≤10 km 1
24 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor54
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 accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 161≤1 km 8≤10 km 32>10 km 2
203 georeferenced · 498 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence701
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 1
1 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions31 of 54 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
154
Durango, MX
146
Mexico City, MX
94
Chicago, US
32
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
23
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
19
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
18
Kew, GB
18
MEXUlocation not on record
17
Riverside, US
16
Austin, US
12
Mexico City, MX
10
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
9
Autlán de Navarro, MX
8
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
8
Bronx, US
8
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
7
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
5
San Francisco, US
5
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
5
Guatemala City, GT
5
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
4
León, NI
4
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
3
San José, CR
3
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
3
Austin, US
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
Berlin, DE
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
2
Rotorua, NZ
2
Zacatecas, MX
2
Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Santiago de Cali, CO
1
Xiamen, CN
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
CHAPAlocation not on record
1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
1
IEBlocation not on record
1
Zapopan, MX
1
Durham, US
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
UTPLlocation not on record
1
Claremont, US
1
54 institutions · 671 of 701 vouchered records shown · 30 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.