Compounds documented for Aristolochia maxima across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Aristolochia maxima has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections6
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Aristolochia maxima voucher DB2065 ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds; chloroplast
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.
★matK5★rbcL3★rbcLa
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type819 records
Wild obs. + sensor282
Museum / vouchered536
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 680 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 accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 70≤1 km 50≤10 km 12>10 km 10
142 georeferenced · 140 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor282
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 accuracy76% within 1 km
≤100 m 114≤1 km 14≤10 km 25>10 km 15
168 georeferenced · 368 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence536
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions33 of 66 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
119
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
41
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
41
Mexico City, MX
36
Durango, MX
29
Berlin, DE
27
Mérida, MX
25
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
21
Miami, US
15
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
13
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
12
León, NI
11
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
10
Mérida, MX
9
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
Tapachula, MX
6
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
6
Santiago de Cali, CO
5
San José, CR
5
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
5
Chicago, US
5
Kew, GB
5
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
4
Chapingo, MX
4
Dresden, DE
4
Bronx, US
4
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
3
Guatemala, GT
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
Austin, US
3
INBIOlocation not on record
2
Managua, NI
2
Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
COLlocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Instituto de invertigación de recursos biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
HUAlocation not on record
1
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
1
Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemalalocation not on record
1
Brooklyn Botanic Gardenlocation not on record
1
University of Bonnlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Riverside, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
1
Universidad Pedogógica y Tecnológica de Colombialocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Herbario, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
GAlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
66 institutions · 526 of 536 vouchered records shown · 10 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 DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Aristolochia maxima 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 found6
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 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 median24.6 °C 24.6–24.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter1.70 °C
Max temp (day)30.5 °C
Min temp (night)20.1 °C
Precipitation65.6 mm/mo
Air humidity57.5 %
Moisture balance-57.1 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,310 Pa
Wind speed1.10 m/s
Cloud cover16.2 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
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ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
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