Psychotria tenuifolia, commonly known as velvet-leaved wild coffee, is a species of plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is endemic to southern Florida, South America and the Caribbean. The description of velvet is based on the silky appearance that the leaves display in relation to other species of the same plant family.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTFloresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)
Woodinesswoody
Physiology & chemistry4
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)276 mg/g
Leaf n15.07 mg/g
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Specific leaf area (SLA)17.54 mm²/mg
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 tenuifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections4
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK2★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS4
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 551 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 520
Museum / vouchered1 030
Other1
Origin
Native31
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 432 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 1 038≤1 km 143≤10 km 62>10 km 64
1 307 georeferenced · 213 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 520
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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 221≤1 km 5≤10 km 16>10 km 4
246 georeferenced · 784 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 030
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 institutions43 of 88 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
321
Durango, MX
139
Mexico City, MX
128
Tampa, US
56
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
31
Berlin, DE
28
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
28
Bronx, US
27
Mérida, MX
17
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
16
León, NI
15
MEXUlocation not on record
15
Londrina, BR
15
Austin, US
14
Tapachula, MX
11
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
10
San José, CR
7
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
7
Chicago, US
6
CEPLAClocation not on record
6
Xiamen, CN
6
Stockholm, SE
5
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
5
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
5
Aarhus, DK
5
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
4
Guatemala City, GT
4
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
3
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
3
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
3
Ann Arbor, US
3
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
3
Austin, US
2
JBRJlocation not on record
2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
2
Cruz das Almas, BR
2
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
2
QCNElocation not on record
2
Fortaleza, BR
2
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
2
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
2
Mérida, MX
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
2
UEMlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
Loja, EC
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Feira de Santana, BR
1
Kew, GB
1
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
San Diego, US
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
UFBAlocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
St. Augustine, TT
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
Campo Mourão, BR
1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institutelocation not on record
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Santarém, BR
1
Elocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Fredericksburg, US
1
88 institutions · 1 016 of 1 030 vouchered records shown · 14 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Psychotria tenuifolia 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 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 median26.8 °C 26.0–27.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.40 °C
Max temp (day)31.3 °C 29.8–32.8
Min temp (night)23.0 °C 22.3–23.6
Precipitation154 mm/mo 144–164
Air humidity64.9 % 63.0–66.9
Moisture balance13.3 mm/mo -12.5–39.1
Vapour deficit1,244 Pa 1,114–1,373
Wind speed1.30 m/s 1.20–1.40
Cloud cover29.1 % 28.4–29.8
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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 551 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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