Pandorea pandorana subsp. austrocaledonica is a woody climbing vine in the family Bignoniaceae. Commonly known as the boat vine, this plant is native to the regions of Lord Howe Island, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. A common plant, it is found at altitudes ranging from sea level to over 500 metres above sea level. The compound leaves have 7 to 9 leaflets when mature. Leaflets are oval to lanceolate with scalloped or toothed edges. 2 to 3 cm long, 1.5 to 2 cm wide. Leaflets are practically stalkless, though the terminal leaflet has a noticeable leaf stem. White, vanilla scented flowers form from August to November. The fruit capsule is 4 to 5 cm long, in an oblong/elliptic shape. Inside are many flat, winged seeds. This plant was cultivated as early as 1800 in England. Early reports state the seeds originally came from Norfolk Island. However, it is now considered that this plant is not indigenous to that island, and the seeds came from cultivated plants in Norfolk Island or Sydney.
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 Pandorea pandorana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections3
Countries1
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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plant barcodemarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type23 915 records
Wild obs. + sensor21 525
Museum / vouchered1 632
Cultivated / captive13
Other745
Origin
Native384
Introduced7
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO41 100 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 accuracy97% within 1 km
≤100 m 17 763≤1 km 1 998≤10 km 390>10 km 192
20 343 georeferenced · 1 182 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor21 525
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 249≤1 km 259≤10 km 647>10 km 126
1 281 georeferenced · 351 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 632
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 2>10 km 1
4 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living13
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 institutions31 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mount Annan, AU
324
Brisbane, AU
282
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
247
Canberra, AU
179
Smithfield, AU
100
Adelaide, AU
62
Armidale, AU
51
Auckland, NZ
34
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
32
Palmerston, AU
23
Kew, GB
22
Batemans Bay, AU
21
Hobart, AU
18
Christchurch, NZ
14
Wollongong, AU
14
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record
12
Kensington, AU
12
Honolulu, US
8
Wellington, NZ
5
Saint Louis, US
5
Parkville, AU
4
La Trobe Universitylocation not on record
4
QVMAGlocation not on record
4
Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record
3
Rotorua, NZ
3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record
3
Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Australian Tropical Herbariumlocation not on record
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
South Kensington, GB
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Miami, US
2
St. Paul, US
2
Durban, ZA
2
Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
Barcelona, ES
1
Alicante, ES
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
NSW Office of Environment and Heritagelocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
MAlocation not on record
1
BISHlocation not on record
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Botanical Survey of Indialocation not on record
1
PNHlocation not on record
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
University of the Sunshine Coastlocation not on record
1
Guangzhou, CN
1
Fort Worth, US
1
50 institutions · 1 518 of 1 632 vouchered records shown · 113 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Pandorea pandorana 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 median22.2 °C 22.0–25.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.10 °C
Max temp (day)28.5 °C 26.1–30.1
Min temp (night)18.7 °C 15.7–22.3
Precipitation261 mm/mo 64.7–296
Air humidity62.7 % 47.3–67.2
Moisture balance56.9 mm/mo -103–140
Vapour deficit1,299 Pa 935–1,559
Wind speed3.50 m/s 3.30–3.90
Cloud cover47.4 % 24.0–56.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 915 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗