Sobralia decora, commonly known as the beautiful sobralia, is a species of orchid. It is pink-lavender and is found from Mexico through Central America. It is kept by orchid fanciers.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Sobralia decora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections2
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★ITS3
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type523 records
Wild obs. + sensor123
Museum / vouchered385
Cultivated / captive3
Other12
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 324 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 64≤1 km 26≤10 km 14>10 km 4
108 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor123
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 accuracy95% within 1 km
≤100 m 130≤1 km 17≤10 km 7
154 georeferenced · 231 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence385
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 1>10 km 1
3 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions30 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Mexico City, MX
94
Saint Louis, US
78
Durango, MX
41
South Kensington, GB
13
San Francisco, US
12
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
10
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
10
León, NI
9
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
7
Chicago, US
7
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
7
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
5
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record
5
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
5
Chapingo, MX
4
Instituto Chinoin, A.C.location not on record
4
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
4
Austin, US
4
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
4
CASlocation not on record
4
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
4
Ciudad de México, MX
4
Austin, US
3
Tampa, US
3
Durham, US
3
Denver, US
3
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record
3
Madison, US
2
Managua, NI
2
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
2
Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
UNIVASFlocation not on record
2
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
2
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas y Agropecuarias, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Poza Rica-Tuxpanlocation not on record
1
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
1
Riverside, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
Miami, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
1
Tapachula, MX
1
Bronx, US
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
1
OTSlocation not on record
1
53 institutions · 383 of 385 vouchered records shown · 2 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 Sobralia decora 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility523 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗