Heptapleurum bractescens

(Ridl.) Lowry & G.M.Plunkett · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Apiales/Araliaceae/Heptapleurum

At a glance

Occurrence records116

Data sources6

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections2

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Heptapleurum bractescens's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility116 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 & measurements2 literature sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF116 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

01Narrative

Schefflera bractescens is a species of plant in the family Araliaceae. It is native to New Guinea and far northern Australia. Originally named from a New Guinea collection, it was identified as a different species, Schefflera versteegii, when first discovered in Australia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsGIFT

Size & morphology7

Fruit length4.5 mm

Fruit width4.5 mm

Leaf length240 mm

Leaf width100 mm

Plant height4 m

Seed length3.5 mm

Seed width1.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Flowering timeynnnnnnnyyyy

Life spanperennial

Sex typehermaphrodite

Habitat & environment5

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typedrupe

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesscompound

Woodinesswoody

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Heptapleurum bractescens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections2

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type116 records

Wild obs. + sensor7

Museum / vouchered105

Other4

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 accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 3≤10 km 3

7 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor7

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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 33≤10 km 54

90 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence105

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 institutions4 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
Smithfield, AU	70
Kew, GB	15
Brisbane, AU	10
Canberra, AU	10

4 institutions · 105 of 105 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Heptapleurum bractescens 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

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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 median21.9 °C 21.9–21.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.4 °C

Max temp (day)28.5 °C

Min temp (night)15.0 °C

Precipitation15.6 mm/mo

Air humidity43.4 %

Moisture balance-143 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,624 Pa

Wind speed4.00 m/s

Cloud cover18.1 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.

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