Sobralia macrantha, commonly known as the large-flowered sobralia, is a species of orchid found from north-central and southern Mexico to Central America.
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 macrantha has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens11
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries2
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.
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08Occurrence & distribution
Record type606 records
Wild obs. + sensor200
Museum / vouchered380
Cultivated / captive7
Other19
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 584 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 accuracy79% within 1 km
≤100 m 81≤1 km 36≤10 km 17>10 km 14
148 georeferenced · 52 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor200
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 accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 152≤1 km 10≤10 km 14>10 km 2
178 georeferenced · 202 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence380
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2>10 km 5
7 georeferenced
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 institutions29 of 44 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
64
Durango, MX
55
Saint Louis, US
47
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
25
San Francisco, US
17
South Kensington, GB
16
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
15
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record
15
Ciudad de México, MX
11
Chicago, US
9
Tapachula, MX
8
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
7
Instituto Chinoin, A.C.location not on record
6
Tampa, US
6
León, NI
6
Austin, US
6
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
5
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
5
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record
4
Madison, US
4
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
3
Mexico City, MX
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record
3
Philadelphia, US
3
Ann Arbor, US
2
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
2
California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
2
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
2
Berlin, DE
2
Mérida, MX
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Austin, US
2
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
UNICAMPlocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record
1
Puebla, MX
1
Managua, NI
1
Chicago, US
1
Bronx, US
1
44 institutions · 375 of 380 vouchered records shown · 5 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 DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Sobralia macrantha 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median18.8 °C 18.8–18.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C
Max temp (day)24.2 °C
Min temp (night)14.1 °C
Precipitation140 mm/mo
Air humidity56.6 %
Moisture balance-7.70 mm/mo
Vapour deficit940 Pa
Wind speed3.40 m/s
Cloud cover41.0 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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 Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility606 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics11 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗