Pitcairnia angustifolia

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Bromeliaceae/Pitcairnia

At a glance

Occurrence records356

Data sources5

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Pitcairnia angustifolia's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility356 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

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 & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF356 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB518 Mbp

01Narrative

Pitcairnia angustifolia est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Bromeliaceae. Son aire de répartition naturelle s'étend de Porto Rico aux Petites Antilles. C'est une plante vivace qui pousse principalement dans le biome tropical humide..

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height1 m

Seed mass0.055 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessevergreen

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Pitcairnia angustifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Pitcairnia angustifolia 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.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size518 340 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Pitcairnia angustifolia0.52 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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 = 50 n = 25

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

n 251×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Brown, G. K., G. S. Varadarajan & A. J. Gilmartin. 1984. Chromosome Number Reports LXXXV. Taxon 33: 756–760.

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 type356 records

Wild obs. + sensor227

Museum / vouchered129

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO780 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 127≤1 km 25≤10 km 5>10 km 26

183 georeferenced · 44 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor227

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

≤100 m 2≤1 km 1≤10 km 5>10 km 1

9 georeferenced · 120 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence129

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 institutions12 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	48
Bronx, US	31
Chicago, US	12
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	11
Saint Louis, US	7
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	4
Pullman, US	4
BISHlocation not on record	3
EL PASO, US	2
Mexico City, MX	1
Riverside, US	1
Tampa, US	1
Madison, US	1
ASUlocation not on record	1
Toronto, CA	1
Miami, US	1

16 institutions · 129 of 129 vouchered records shown

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