Polyalthia hispida

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Magnoliales/Annonaceae/Polyalthia

At a glance

Occurrence records182

Data sources3

Biological traits24

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Polyalthia hispida's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility182 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

On this page4 sections

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

Traits & measurements3 literature sources24 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF182 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology11

Fruit length12.5 mm

Fruit width11 mm

Leaf length130 mm

Leaf mass164 mg

Leaf mass per area53.32 g/m2

Leaf size2 995 mm²

Leaf width32.5 mm

Petiole length0.25 cm

Plant height9.5 m

Seed length7.5 mm

Seed width7.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering timeyynnnnnnnnny

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromebeetle

Sex typehermaphrodite

Habitat & environment7

Climatewet tropical

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typeberry

Growth formtree

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical oblanceolate

Woodinesswoody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Polyalthia hispida has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

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 type182 records

Wild obs. + sensor7

Museum / vouchered167

Other8

Origin

Native11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO332 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 accuracy71% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 1≤10 km 2

7 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor7

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 accuracy25% within 1 km

≤100 m 24≤1 km 15≤10 km 110>10 km 5

154 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence167

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 institutions8 of 10 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Smithfield, AU	79
Brisbane, AU	50
Canberra, AU	12
Mount Annan, AU	9
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	7
Palmerston, AU	3
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record	1
Kew, GB	1
Hobart, AU	1
Adelaide, AU	1

10 institutions · 164 of 167 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Polyalthia hispida 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median21.9 °C 21.9–21.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.4 °C

Max temp (day)28.5 °C

Min temp (night)15.0 °C

Precipitation15.6 mm/mo

Air humidity43.4 %

Moisture balance-143 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,624 Pa

Wind speed4.00 m/s

Cloud cover18.1 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.

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