Trichocentrum microchilum

(Bateman ex Lindl.) M.W.Chase & N.H.Williams · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Orchidaceae/Trichocentrum

At a glance

Occurrence records19

Data sources9

Biological traits8

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Trichocentrum microchilum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility19 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page6 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF19 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB4.8 Gbp

01Narrative

Trichocentrum microchilum is a species of orchid found from Mexico (Chiapas) to El Salvador.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life formpseudobulbous epiphyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteobligatory

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Epiphyte

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 Trichocentrum microchilum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Trichocentrum microchilum 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 size4 792 200 000 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

HUMAN3.2 Gb

THIS GENOME Trichocentrum microchilum4.79 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.

Chromosomes2n = 36 n = 18

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records36–362n range36median36mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 362×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · Cave1957

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Charanasri & Kamemoto 1975

CCDB · Cave1957 — Dodson o

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type19 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered16

Other2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO56 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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 5≤1 km 1

6 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence16

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 institutions7 of 11 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Chicago, US	2
Mexico City, MX	2
Saint Louis, US	2
Durango, MX	2
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV	2
Tapachula, MX	1
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record	1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	1
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record	1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	1
South Kensington, GB	1

11 institutions · 16 of 16 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Trichocentrum microchilum 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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