Tillandsia paucifolia — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Bromeliaceae/Tillandsia

At a glance

Occurrence records987

Data sources9

Biological traits9

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Tillandsia paucifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility987 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↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF987 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI2 specimens

01Narrative

Tillandsia paucifolia, the potbelly airplant, is a species of bromeliad in the genus Tillandsia. This species is native to Central America, central and southern Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, the West Indies, and Florida.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution mapFlora of North America, Tillandsia paucifolia Baker, Gard. Chron. ser. 2, 10:748. 1878. Tillandsia paucifolia can either grow singularly or in clusters and typically have five to ten leaves. The leaves of this species of Tillandsia are light green and silver-gray in color and are short with tapered ends. T. paucifolia have a large bulbous base which distinguishes them from other Tillandsias. The leaves of T. paucifolia are covered in trichomes, which are hair-like structures that increase the surface area on the leaves to maximize nutrient and water absorption from the air. The particular trichomes of the Tillandsia paucifolia are exceptionally sizable and copious.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formepiphyte

Life spanperennial

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Epiphyte

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding2 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 Tillandsia paucifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes3

GenBank sequences7

eDNA detections2

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSDQ870641.1 ↗249 bp

ACGT

TTTNCCCCAAGTGAATNTGCGGAAGGACCATTGTCGAGAACCCGCCGAGGACGACCCGCGCACCCGTGANCGAACTCCGCCCTAGCCGCT …

Tillandsia paucifolia internal transcribed spacer 1, 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.

matK2rbcL3ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type987 records

Wild obs. + sensor653

Museum / vouchered334

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 120 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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 349≤1 km 66≤10 km 22>10 km 76

513 georeferenced · 140 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor653

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 accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 74≤1 km 2≤10 km 4>10 km 21

101 georeferenced · 233 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence334

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 37 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	85
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record	42
Saint Louis, US	35
Tampa, US	27
Bronx, US	26
Miami, US	18
Mérida, MX	16
Chicago, US	11
Riverside, US	9
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record	8
Mexico City, MX	8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	6
San José, CR	5
Philadelphia, US	5
León, NI	3
Austin, US	2
St. Paul, US	2
Managua, NI	2
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV	2
Kew, GB	1
Berlin, DE	1
OTSlocation not on record	1
Mississippi State, US	1
BMlocation not on record	1
Autlán de Navarro, MX	1
Chapel Hill, US	1
Jackson, US	1
Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record	1
Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record	1
Cambridge, US	1
Guatemala City, GT	1
Calabar, NG	1
Burlington, US	1
Ciudad de México, MX	1
Madison, US	1
San Luis Potosí, MX	1
Fort Worth, US	1

37 institutions · 330 of 334 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Tillandsia paucifolia 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.