Amsinckiopsis kingii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Boraginales/Boraginaceae/Amsinckiopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records86

Data sources3

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections2

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Amsinckiopsis kingii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility86 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF86 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries2 detections

01Narrative

Plagiobothrys kingii is a species of flowering plant in the borage family known by the common name Great Basin popcornflower. It is native to the Great Basin and Mojave Desert of the United States, where it grows in desert and plateau scrub habitat, among saltbush and on rocky slopes and flats.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesGIFTTRY

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Aquaticterrestrial

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding2 eDNA hits

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 Amsinckiopsis kingii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections2

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type86 records

Wild obs. + sensor59

Museum / vouchered27

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO248 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 39≤1 km 1>10 km 4

44 georeferenced · 15 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor59

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 accuracy60% within 1 km

≤1 km 3≤10 km 2

5 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence27

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 institutions9 of 12 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Henderson, US	8
Corvallis, US	5
Claremont, US	2
CASlocation not on record	2
ASUlocation not on record	2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	2
Pocatello, US	1
Boise, US	1
Phoenix, US	1
Davis, US	1
Provo, US	1
Santa Barbara, US	1

12 institutions · 27 of 27 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Amsinckiopsis kingii 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

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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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