Stelis argentata, commonly known as the silvery stelis, is a species of orchid of the genus Stelis. It is found in Central America. It has stems of flowers.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTFloresta Ciliar ou Galeria, Floresta de Terra Firme, Floresta Estacional Semidecidual, Floresta Ombrófila (= Floresta Pluvial)
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcoding7 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 Stelis argentata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections6
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.
★matK2★rbcL1★rbcLa★ITS7
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualStelis argentata carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size1 867 980 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Stelis argentata1.87 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Tanaka, R. & F. Maekawa. 1983. Observation of chromosomes in some orchid species from Peru and Mexico. Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 2: 33–45.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy60% within 1 km
≤100 m 24≤1 km 16≤10 km 19>10 km 8
67 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor95
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 accuracy32% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 13≤10 km 9>10 km 23
47 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence272
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 institutions19 of 47 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
76
INMAlocation not on record
17
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
16
QCNElocation not on record
13
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
12
Bronx, US
11
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
10
BGBMlocation not on record
8
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
Stockholm, SE
7
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
7
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
6
UNESP-RClocation not on record
5
Chicago, US
5
Universidad del Valle (UniValle)location not on record
5
Paris, FR
5
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
4
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record
4
León, NI
4
Aarhus, DK
2
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record
2
Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Xiamen, CN
2
JBRJlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
1
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
San José, CR
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
La Paz, BO
1
UNICAMPlocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
FLASlocation not on record
1
Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. (CENIT)location not on record
1
Alicante, ES
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Mexico City, MX
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
HUAlocation not on record
1
UFVJMlocation not on record
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
47 institutions · 256 of 272 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Stelis argentata 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 found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 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 median25.7 °C 25.7–25.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.30 °C
Max temp (day)30.0 °C
Min temp (night)22.3 °C
Precipitation201 mm/mo
Air humidity65.4 %
Moisture balance66.9 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,144 Pa
Wind speed1.20 m/s
Cloud cover30.7 %
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 Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility367 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype