Pterostylis aciculiformis

(Nicholls) M.A.Clem. & D.L.Jones · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Pterostylis

At a glance

Occurrence records353

Data sources5

Biological traits28

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Pterostylis aciculiformis's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility353 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources28 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF353 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Pterostylis aciculiformis, commonly known as the needle-point rustyhood or slender ruddyhood, is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has a rosette of leaves and up to ten green and brown flowers with a brown, insect-like labellum. It is widespread and locally common in New South Wales and Victoria, growing mostly in drier forests.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Leaf length20 mm

Leaf width9 mm

Plant height0.25 m

Plant height max0.25 m

Life cycle & reproduction10

Dispersal typewind

Flowering endNov

Flowering startSep

Flowering timennnnnnnnyyyn

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical oblong

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

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 Pterostylis aciculiformis has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type353 records

Wild obs. + sensor157

Museum / vouchered189

Cultivated / captive7

Origin

Native30

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO740 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 accuracy70% within 1 km

≤100 m 75≤1 km 24≤10 km 30>10 km 13

142 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor157

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 accuracy46% within 1 km

≤100 m 21≤1 km 62≤10 km 74>10 km 23

180 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence189

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2≤10 km 3

6 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living7

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 institutions6 of 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Canberra, AU	110
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	44
Mount Annan, AU	26
Adelaide, AU	3
Kensington, AU	2
Armidale, AU	2
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record	1
Brisbane, AU	1

8 institutions · 189 of 189 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Pterostylis aciculiformis 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

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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