Hemithrinax compacta — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Arecales/Arecaceae/Hemithrinax

At a glance

Occurrence records0

Data sources4

Biological traits21

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Hemithrinax compacta's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

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 sources21 traits

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

01Narrative

Hemithrinax compacta is a species of palm that is endemic to Cuba.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Fruit length9 mm

Fruit width9 mm

Leaf length max1 700 mm

Plant height15 m

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formtree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourwhite

Growth formtree

Habitat GIFTcanopy

Woodinesswoody

Other traits6

Dbh max30 cm

Defenseno

Leaf spinesno

Plant support typefree-standing

Shoot length max1 500 cm

Shoot orientationerect

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 Hemithrinax compacta has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

matKrbcL

plant barcode

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Hemithrinax compacta 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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.