Herpysma longicaulis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Herpysma

At a glance

Occurrence records40

Data sources6

Biological traits10

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Herpysma longicaulis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility40 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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 sources10 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF40 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

Herpysma is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains only one known species, Herpysma longicaulis, native to Southeast Asia (Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Sumatra, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Vietnam).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesFlora of China v 25 p 56, 爬兰 pa lan, Herpysma longicaulis Lindley, Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 506. 1840.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formrhizomatous geophyte

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 200 m

Elevation min900 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Herpysma longicaulis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type40 records

Wild obs. + sensor19

Museum / vouchered21

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO120 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 accuracy63% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 2>10 km 3

8 georeferenced · 11 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor19

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 accuracy33% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 4

6 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence21

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 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
South Kensington, GB	9
Beijing, CN	2
Bronx, US	1
Cambridge, US	1
H.AE.Pedersen, 1991location not on record	1

5 institutions · 14 of 21 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Herpysma longicaulis 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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.

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