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 Adiantum aleuticum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections13
Countries3
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.
★rbcL10★rbcLa
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualAdiantum aleuticum 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 size5 584 380 000 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 Adiantum aleuticum5.58 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 — Wagner, W. H. J., F. S. Wagner, C. N. J. Miller & D. H. Wagner. 1978. New observations on the royal fern hybrid Osmunda X ruggii. Rhodora 92–106.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — TAYLOR, R.L., & G.A. MULLIGAN. 1968. Flora of the Queen Charlotte Islands. Part 2. Cytological aspects of the Vascular Plants. Queen's Printer, Ottawa. pp. 148.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Wagner & Boydston 1978
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
diploid2×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · GIFT · GIFT (floras)
GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
GIFT · GIFT (floras)
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type14 830 records
Wild obs. + sensor13 596
Museum / vouchered1 223
Cultivated / captive11
Origin
Native32
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO19 496 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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 7 701≤1 km 1 665≤10 km 907>10 km 472
10 745 georeferenced · 2 851 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor13 596
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 accuracy48% within 1 km
≤100 m 35≤1 km 314≤10 km 320>10 km 54
723 georeferenced · 500 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 223
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 6
6 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living11
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 institutions62 of 84 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
WTUlocation not on record
116
Pullman, US
115
Corvallis, US
82
Arcata, US
74
Philadelphia, US
74
Santa Barbara, US
55
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
49
Université Lavallocation not on record
46
Tacoma, US
44
US
39
Claremont, US
35
Moscow, US
29
St. Paul, US
23
Missoula, US
22
Québec, CA
21
Riverside, US
21
San Diego, US
20
Davis, US
18
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
17
Madison, US
15
Victoria, CA
15
CASlocation not on record
15
San Luis Obispo, US
14
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
11
Bronx, US
11
US
10
Vancouver, CA
9
Santa Cruz, US
8
Durham, US
7
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
7
ASUlocation not on record
7
Fort Worth, US
6
San Jose, US
5
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
5
STNFlocation not on record
4
Provo, US
4
Bloomington, US
4
Ashland, US
4
Burlington, US
4
Wuzhou, CN
3
Flagstaff, US
3
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Ann Arbor, US
3
Boise, US
3
Anchorage, US
3
Millersville, US
3
Caldwell, US
3
Trois-Rivières, CA
3
Pocatello, US
2
Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
2
HJAEFlocation not on record
2
Portland, US
2
Minia, EG
2
Whitehorse, CA
2
Tampa, US
2
San Angelo, US
2
Northridge, US
2
DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record
2
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Denver, US
1
KNFSClocation not on record
1
Portland, US
1
Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record
1
Irvine, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Knoxville, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Bothell, US
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
GB
1
Durango, US
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
84 institutions · 1 141 of 1 223 vouchered records shown · 81 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA13 detections
Where the DNA of Adiantum aleuticum 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 found13
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 13 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.5 °C 12.0–18.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.3 °C
Max temp (day)20.0 °C 16.7–23.9
Min temp (night)12.5 °C 7.70–14.1
Precipitation79.6 mm/mo 58.4–137
Air humidity60.2 % 56.1–67.3
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -61.3–26.9
Vapour deficit702 Pa 517–887
Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.70–4.80
Cloud cover36.7 % 33.3–47.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 7 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 Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 830 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI13 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
giftgenome & karyotype
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗