Stipecoma is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1860. It contains only one known species, Stipecoma peltigera, native to Brazil and Bolivia.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.Morales, J.F. (2005). Estudios en las Apocynaceae Neotropicales XX: monogrfía del género Peltastes (Apocynoideae, Echiteae), con una sinopsis de Stipecoma (Apocynoideae, Echiteae). Candollea 60: 289-334. formerly included in the genus Stipecoma macrocalyx (Müll.Arg.) Miers = Peltastes macrocalyx (Müll.Arg.) Woodson Stipecoma mucronata Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson Stipecoma ovata Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson Stipecoma parabolica Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson Stipecoma peltata (Vell.) Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson Stipecoma plicata (A.DC.) Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson Stipecoma pulchra Miers = Peltastes pulcher (Miers) J.F.Morales Stipecoma speciosa Miers = Peltastes peltatus (Vell.) Woodson
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTCaatinga (stricto sensu), Campo Rupestre, Cerrado (lato sensu)
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcoding1 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 Stipecoma peltigera has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Stipecoma peltigera voucher Arbo 7557 WAG small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualStipecoma peltigera 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.
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.
Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 181×CCDB · iapt
CCDB · iapt — IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 17
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin20.3 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type677 records
Wild obs. + sensor40
Museum / vouchered637
Origin
Native320
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 248 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 accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 15≤1 km 3≤10 km 3>10 km 10
31 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor40
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 15>10 km 3
18 georeferenced · 619 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence637
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 63 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
83
Bronx, US
73
UNICAMPlocation not on record
39
USP-IBlocation not on record
38
Feira de Santana, BR
37
UFBAlocation not on record
35
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
34
JBRJlocation not on record
28
Kew, GB
27
UFMGlocation not on record
22
Chicago, US
21
CEPLAClocation not on record
21
Salvador, BR
19
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
13
UnBlocation not on record
13
Brasília, BR
12
Cenargenlocation not on record
12
Brasília, BR
11
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
8
Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record
7
Stockholm, SE
4
UFRPElocation not on record
4
UNESP-RClocation not on record
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Ilhéus, BR
3
UFPElocation not on record
3
UNESP-FCAlocation not on record
3
Bogotá, D.C., CO
3
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
3
UFPRlocation not on record
3
Fortaleza, BR
2
UEMlocation not on record
2
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
2
FPMZBlocation not on record
2
Cruz das Almas, BR
2
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
2
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
2
Campo Grande, BR
2
Wlocation not on record
2
Maringá, BR
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
1
UFMSlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record
1
UFSClocation not on record
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
Universidade Paulistalocation not on record
1
Chaguaramas, TT
1
Tampa, US
1
UESBlocation not on record
1
UFVJMlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
UNISANTAlocation not on record
1
Masindi, UG
1
UNEMATlocation not on record
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
1
Londrina, BR
1
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
63 institutions · 629 of 637 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Stipecoma peltigera 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 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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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility677 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype