Galearis spectabilis, commonly known as showy orchis or showy orchid, is an orchid species of the genus Galearis. It is native to eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick) and much of the eastern half of the United States (from southeastern Oklahoma east to eastern South Dakota and north to Maine and Minnesota).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America ProgramFlora of North America v 26 p 550, Galearis spectabilis
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 Galearis spectabilis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens19
Marker genes7
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
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.
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animal barcodeplant barcodefungal barcodemarker
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualGalearis spectabilis 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.
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
DNA clock origin3.44 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type9 768 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 040
Museum / vouchered728
Origin
Native5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO21 676 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 accuracy51% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 098≤1 km 958≤10 km 429>10 km 3 439
7 924 georeferenced · 1 116 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 040
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 accuracy29% within 1 km
≤100 m 10≤1 km 112≤10 km 275>10 km 31
428 georeferenced · 300 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence728
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 institutions41 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chicago, US
109
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
103
Madison, US
102
Bloomington, US
55
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
47
Wuzhou, CN
43
Bronx, US
24
Montréal, CA
23
Saint Louis, US
23
Université Lavallocation not on record
19
Toronto, CA
15
New Haven, US
13
Millersville, US
12
Québec, CA
9
Saint John, CA
8
Chicago, US
5
Ann Arbor, US
5
Dekalb, US
5
Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record
4
Chapel Hill, US
4
Knoxville, US
3
Royal Ontario Museum, Green Plant Herbarium (TRT)location not on record
3
Johnson City, US
3
Tuscaloosa, US
3
Springfield, US
3
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
Waverly, US
2
Beijing, CN
2
Green Bay, US
2
Fredericksburg, US
2
Philadelphia, US
2
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
2
GB
2
Fort Worth, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
AUAlocation not on record
1
Fairfax, US
1
Boise, US
1
Missoula, US
1
Kirksville, US
1
Jefferson City, US
1
Tempe, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Provo, US
1
College Park, US
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
1
Norfolk, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Jackson, US
1
University of Wisconsinlocation not on record
1
GAlocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
53 institutions · 681 of 728 vouchered records shown · 47 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Galearis spectabilis 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
Clearing at edge of woods along slope.
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median14.2 °C 11.9–16.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter23.4 °C
Max temp (day)19.3 °C 16.6–21.5
Min temp (night)9.60 °C 7.50–10.4
Precipitation103 mm/mo 91.7–111
Air humidity55.6 % 55.4–55.7
Moisture balance-17.7 mm/mo -30.3–-16.8
Vapour deficit726 Pa 619–811
Wind speed3.80 m/s 3.00–4.60
Cloud cover43.1 % 41.2–45.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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 Facility9 768 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics19 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↗