Pachira insignis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cẩm quỳ (Malvaceae). Loài này được Olavo Peter Swartz mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1788 dưới danh pháp Carolinea insignis. Năm 1798 Marie Jules César Lélorgne de Savigny chuyển nó sang chi Pachira
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTCampinarana, Campo de Várzea, Floresta de Igapó, Floresta de Terra Firme
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry8
Leaf C:N ratio22.72 g/g
Leaf c484 mg/g
Leaf n22.5 mg/g
Leaf p0.96 mg/g
Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Specific leaf area (SLA)14.65 mm²/mg
Wood density421 mg/cm³
03Chemical composition1 compounds
Compounds documented for Pachira insignis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Piperidine alkaloids $ Steroidal alkaloids1
Documented compounds1 total
Compound
Class
Amount
Source
Jervine
present
NPASS
05DNA & barcoding6 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 Pachira insignis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections3
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.
★matK2★rbcL2★ITS3★ITS2trnH-psbA
plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type366 records
Wild obs. + sensor65
Museum / vouchered301
Origin
Native5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO864 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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 6≤10 km 5>10 km 22
42 georeferenced · 23 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor65
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 accuracy20% within 1 km
≤1 km 1≤10 km 4
5 georeferenced · 296 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence301
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 institutions18 of 41 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
92
Bronx, US
51
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
34
ASUlocation not on record
10
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
9
Chicago, US
8
QCNElocation not on record
8
St. Augustine, TT
6
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
5
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record
4
Fort Worth, US
3
Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record
3
JBRJlocation not on record
3
MAlocation not on record
3
Santarém, BR
3
Vancouver, CA
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Aarhus, DK
2
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
2
Corrientes, AR
1
Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record
1
Herbario de la Universidad Tecnológica Indoaméricalocation not on record
1
Cochabamba, BO
1
Iquitos, PE
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Universidade Paulistalocation not on record
1
Quito, EC
1
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonialocation not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
1
Dirección Nacional Forestal, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderíalocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
41 institutions · 274 of 301 vouchered records shown · 27 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Pachira insignis 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 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 median25.0 °C 25.0–25.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C
Max temp (day)30.4 °C
Min temp (night)20.8 °C
Precipitation95.8 mm/mo
Air humidity57.3 %
Moisture balance-62.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,350 Pa
Wind speed2.60 m/s
Cloud cover32.3 %
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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility366 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗