Tillandsia multicaulis is a species in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America and Mexico (from Chiapas north to Hidalgo).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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 Tillandsia multicaulis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Tillandsia multicaulis 5.8S ribosomal RNA and internal transcribed spacer 2, region
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.
★matK1★rbcL4★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type761 records
Wild obs. + sensor277
Museum / vouchered477
Other7
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 476 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 accuracy91% within 1 km
≤100 m 156≤1 km 57≤10 km 12>10 km 8
233 georeferenced · 44 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor277
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 133≤1 km 5≤10 km 7>10 km 1
146 georeferenced · 331 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence477
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 41 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
115
Saint Louis, US
71
Chicago, US
54
Mexico City, MX
37
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
37
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
27
Tampa, US
21
San José, CR
12
Ciudad de México, MX
11
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
8
San Francisco, US
6
Bronx, US
5
Austin, US
5
Mérida, MX
3
Frankfurt am Main
3
Tapachula, MX
3
GB
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
2
Madison, US
2
Fort Worth, US
2
QCNElocation not on record
2
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
2
León, NI
2
Guatemala City, GT
2
St. Paul, US
2
Chapingo, MX
2
Mexico City, MX
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Chicago, US
1
Austin, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Copenhagen, DK
1
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Zapopan, MX
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
1
41 institutions · 461 of 477 vouchered records shown · 14 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Tillandsia multicaulis 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
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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 median15.7 °C 15.7–15.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter9.60 °C
Max temp (day)22.0 °C
Min temp (night)9.00 °C
Precipitation34.7 mm/mo
Air humidity50.9 %
Moisture balance-93.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit884 Pa
Wind speed4.10 m/s
Cloud cover25.5 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · 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 Facility761 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↗