Pterostylis brumalis

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Pterostylis

At a glance

Occurrence records177

Data sources6

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections2

Sources6 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility177 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF177 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

01Narrative

Pterostylis brumalis, commonly known as the kauri greenhood or winter greenhood, is a species of orchid endemic to New Zealand. There is a rosette of leaves at the base of both flowering and non-flowering plants. Flowering plants have a white flower with narrow green stripes and a dorsal sepal which bends forward strongly while the petals spread widely, giving the flower a cobra-like appearance.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology5

Leaf length max10 mm

Leaf width10 mm

Leaf width max10 mm

Leaf width min10 mm

Plant height0.2 m

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessdeciduous

Dispersal typeunspecialized

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Pollination modebiotic

Pollination syndromeinsect

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Reproduction asexualpresent

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTLowland

Mycorrhizaabsent

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

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

At a glance

eDNA detections2

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type177 records

Wild obs. + sensor128

Museum / vouchered49

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO312 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 46≤1 km 39≤10 km 8>10 km 10

103 georeferenced · 25 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 accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 2

2 georeferenced · 47 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence49

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 institutions7 of 7 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Christchurch, NZ	20
Auckland, NZ	15
Wellington, NZ	8
South Kensington, GB	2
Rotorua, NZ	2
Mount Annan, AU	1
Smithfield, AU	1

7 institutions · 49 of 49 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Pterostylis brumalis 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

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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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