Spathoglottis paulinae — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Spathoglottis

At a glance

Occurrence records93

Data sources5

Biological traits13

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Spathoglottis paulinae's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility93 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources13 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF93 records

01Narrative

Spathoglottis paulinae, commonly known as the small purple orchid, is a plant in the orchid family and is native to New Guinea and Tropical North Queensland. It is an evergreen terrestrial orchid with crowded pseudobulbs, between four and seven large, pleated leaves and up to thirty mauve to purple flowers.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Leaf length90 mm

Life cycle & reproduction4

Life formpseudobulbous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Resprouting capacityresprouts

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type93 records

Wild obs. + sensor9

Museum / vouchered77

Cultivated / captive4

Other3

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO220 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 2

8 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor9

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 accuracy7% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 2≤10 km 41

44 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence77

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 4

4 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living4

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 institutions6 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
Smithfield, AU	18
Canberra, AU	12
Brisbane, AU	9
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	4
Honolulu, US	3
South Kensington, GB	1
Palmerston, AU	1

7 institutions · 48 of 77 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.