Rhaphidospora cavernarum — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Lamiales/Acanthaceae/Rhaphidospora

At a glance

Occurrence records65

Data sources4

Biological traits15

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Rhaphidospora cavernarum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility65 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

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 & measurements2 literature sources15 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF65 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Rhaphidospora cavernarum is a plant species in the family Acanthaceae. The species was thought to be extinct in Queensland until rediscovered on Cape York, between Cooktown and the Lockhart River. Previous to this, the species had not been seen since 1873.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraits

Size & morphology6

Fruit length14.5 mm

Leaf length150 mm

Leaf width62.5 mm

Plant height1 m

Seed length2.5 mm

Seed width1.5 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Flowering timennyyyyynnnnn

Life spanperennial

Sex typehermaphrodite

Habitat & environment6

Climatewet tropical

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecapsule

Growth formherb shrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinessnon-woody+semi-woody

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 Rhaphidospora cavernarum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type65 records

Museum / vouchered59

Other6

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO136 km²

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 accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 38≤1 km 2≤10 km 15

55 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence59

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 9 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Brisbane, AU	26
Smithfield, AU	14
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	7
Palmerston, AU	4
Canberra, AU	4
Mount Annan, AU	1
Armidale, AU	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
Adelaide, AU	1

9 institutions · 59 of 59 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Rhaphidospora cavernarum 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.