Phragmipedium boissierianum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Phragmipedium

At a glance

Occurrence records42

Data sources10

Biological traits9

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections3

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Phragmipedium boissierianum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility42 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF42 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Phragmipedium boissierianum is a species of orchid occurring from southern Ecuador to Peru.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formperennial or lithophyte

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Phragmipedium boissierianum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes3

eDNA detections3

Countries1

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Phragmipedium boissierianum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode4records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 184×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tanaka, R. & S. Ohta. 1982. A method for differential staining of centromere regions of plant chromosomes. Jap. J. Genet. 57: 65–73.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Wimber, D. E. 1983. Phragmipedium cytology I. Diploidy and polyploidy in the hybrids. Amer. Orchid Soc. Bull. 52: 933–939.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — KARASAWA, K. 1980. Karyomorphological studies in Phragmipedium, Orchidaceae. Bull. Hiroshima Bot. Gard. 3: 1–49.

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Karasawa & Tanaka 1976

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type42 records

Wild obs. + sensor16

Museum / vouchered26

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 5

12 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor16

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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence26

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 institutions5 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	8
Saint Louis, US	6
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record	5
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record	2
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record	1
UTPLlocation not on record	1
Cusco, PE	1
Loja, EC	1
South Kensington, GB	1

9 institutions · 26 of 26 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA3 detections

Where the DNA of Phragmipedium boissierianum 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

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 3 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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