Pitcairnia arcuata is a flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is native to Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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 Pitcairnia arcuata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections1
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.
★matK★rbcL
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type348 records
Wild obs. + sensor50
Museum / vouchered298
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO700 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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 9≤10 km 2>10 km 1
30 georeferenced · 20 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor50
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 3≤10 km 5>10 km 1
9 georeferenced · 289 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence298
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 institutions13 of 35 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
113
QCNElocation not on record
29
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
22
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
20
Bronx, US
15
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
14
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
13
Chicago, US
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Frankfurt am Main
6
Loja, EC
6
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
4
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
4
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
3
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
3
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
3
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
2
HUAlocation not on record
2
Xiamen, CN
2
San José, CR
2
Aarhus, DK
2
Kew, GB
1
UTPLlocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record
1
Riobamba, EC
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Instituto Amazonico de Investigaciones Cientificas Sinchilocation not on record
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
TULVlocation not on record
1
Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record
1
Universidad Autónoma de Chiriquílocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
35 institutions · 295 of 298 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Pitcairnia arcuata 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
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 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 median25.5 °C 25.5–25.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C
Max temp (day)29.5 °C
Min temp (night)21.5 °C
Precipitation350 mm/mo
Air humidity64.7 %
Moisture balance205 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,146 Pa
Wind speed0.6 m/s
Cloud cover61.6 %
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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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
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