Rhaphiodon echinus is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, endemic to eastern Brazil. It is the only known species in the genus Rhaphiodon, first described as a plant genus in 1844.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesZappi, D.C. & al. (2003). Lista das plantas vasculares de Catoles. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 21(2): 345-398.Vásquez, G.D. & Harley, R.M. (2004). Flora de Grão-Mogol, Minas Gerais: Labiatae. Boletim de Botânica da Universidade de São Paulo 22: 193-204.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTÁrea Antrópica, Caatinga (stricto sensu), Campo Rupestre, Carrasco, Cerrado (lato sensu), Floresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, Restinga
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcoding2 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 Rhaphiodon echinus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections2
Countries1
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.
★matK3★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type870 records
Wild obs. + sensor52
Museum / vouchered817
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Native458
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 028 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 19≤1 km 9≤10 km 8>10 km 4
40 georeferenced · 12 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor52
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 3>10 km 3
6 georeferenced · 811 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence817
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions18 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
92
Bronx, US
72
Feira de Santana, BR
62
UFBAlocation not on record
60
UNIVASFlocation not on record
49
Masindi, UG
41
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
35
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
30
Kew, GB
27
USP-IBlocation not on record
24
CEPLAClocation not on record
24
Chaguaramas, TT
21
JBRJlocation not on record
18
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
16
Cenargenlocation not on record
15
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
15
Chicago, US
13
UFERSAlocation not on record
13
UFRPElocation not on record
13
UESBlocation not on record
13
Saint Louis, US
13
Salvador, BR
12
Fortaleza, BR
12
Brasília, BR
12
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
11
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
11
UFMGlocation not on record
9
UNICAMPlocation not on record
8
UnBlocation not on record
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
URCAlocation not on record
6
Brasília, BR
5
IPA/SPlocation not on record
4
Cruz das Almas, BR
3
Paris, FR
3
UFPElocation not on record
2
CPATSAlocation not on record
2
HACAMlocation not on record
2
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
2
Bogotá, D.C., CO
2
Campo Mourão, BR
2
INMAlocation not on record
2
UFABClocation not on record
1
Ilhéus, BR
1
Santa Teresa, BR
1
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
UFOPlocation not on record
1
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
1
UFMSlocation not on record
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
FUNEDlocation not on record
1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
UFPIlocation not on record
1
UNEMATlocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
UFSClocation not on record
1
62 institutions · 810 of 817 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Rhaphiodon echinus 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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BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
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