Psychotria punctata

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Psychotria

At a glance

Occurrence records277

Data sources10

Biological traits15

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections20

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Psychotria punctata's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility277 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources15 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS1 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF277 records

Environmental DNA2 datasets · 3 countries20 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Psychotria punctata, the dotted wild coffee, is a species of plants in the family Rubiaceae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height1.5 m

Seed mass24.82 mg

Seed mass max32.24 mg

Seed mass min17.4 mg

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formshrub or tree

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formphanerophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: Shrub, Tree

Habitat GIFTlittoral thicket, dry forest, dry bushland, forest

Woodinesswoody

03Chemical composition1 compounds

Compounds documented for Psychotria punctata across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile1 class

Disaccharides $ Polysaccharides1

Documented compounds1 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Class	Amount	Source
Maltose		present	LOTUS

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 Psychotria punctata has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes2

eDNA detections20

Countries3

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.

★rbcL★ITS

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Psychotria punctata 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 = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode3records

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

2n 223×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-fedorov — Homeyer 1935

CCDB · book-fedorov — Fagerlind 1937 'l

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Fagerlind 1937

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 type277 records

Wild obs. + sensor128

Museum / vouchered149

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO536 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 accuracy80% within 1 km

≤100 m 88≤1 km 3≤10 km 16>10 km 7

114 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor128

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

≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 5

8 georeferenced · 141 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence149

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 17 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
MeiseBGlocation not on record	35
DSMlocation not on record	22
Saint Louis, US	20
University of Dar es Salaamlocation not on record	11
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record	8
Miami, US	6
Bronx, US	4
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	3
Kew, GB	3
Tampa, US	3
EAlocation not on record	3
Arusha, TZ	2
South Kensington, GB	2
ESALQlocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
CJBGlocation not on record	1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record	1

17 institutions · 126 of 149 vouchered records shown · 23 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA20 detections

Where the DNA of Psychotria punctata 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 found20

Studies independent surveys2

Countries3

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 20 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median25.9 °C 25.4–25.9

Seasonal swing summer↔winter4.00 °C

Max temp (day)28.2 °C

Min temp (night)23.2 °C 22.1–23.2

Precipitation172 mm/mo

Air humidity67.0 % 66.1–67.0

Moisture balance18.1 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,098 Pa 1,094–1,098

Wind speed1.60 m/s

Cloud cover29.3 % 29.3–42.0

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 11 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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