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 Asclepias brachystephana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
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.
★rbcL1
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 194 records
Wild obs. + sensor550
Museum / vouchered543
Cultivated / captive1
Other100
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 096 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 accuracy70% within 1 km
≤100 m 249≤1 km 46≤10 km 31>10 km 98
424 georeferenced · 126 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor550
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 accuracy63% within 1 km
≤100 m 146≤1 km 23≤10 km 74>10 km 27
270 georeferenced · 273 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence543
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 institutions38 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
65
Austin, US
58
Mexico City, MX
47
Chicago, US
43
Saint Louis, US
35
Albuquerque, US
33
Guasave, MX
30
Durango, MX
25
Mexico City, MX
22
EL PASO, US
19
ASUlocation not on record
19
Lubbock, US
18
St. Paul, US
13
Philadelphia, US
12
Riverside, US
12
Phoenix, US
10
Fort Worth, US
10
Austin, US
10
GB
9
Madison, US
6
San Angelo, US
5
Flagstaff, US
3
San Diego, US
3
Tampa, US
3
Claremont, US
3
Logan, US
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
Bozeman, US
2
Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Moscow, US
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Plocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
MEXUlocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Dekalb, US
1
Universidad de Autonoma de Baja Californialocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Corvallis, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Denver, US
1
Minia, EG
1
50 institutions · 541 of 543 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
