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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources5 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF269 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Asclepias macrosperma (dwarf milkweed) is a perennial plant in the family Apocynaceae found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association,
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 involucrata 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 type269 records
Wild obs. + sensor105
Museum / vouchered162
Other2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO872 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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 56≤1 km 7≤10 km 7>10 km 7
77 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor105
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 20≤10 km 46>10 km 9
87 georeferenced · 75 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence162
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 institutions22 of 28 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Flagstaff, US
33
Albuquerque, US
24
ASUlocation not on record
16
Bronx, US
14
Chicago, US
11
Phoenix, US
10
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
8
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
5
Philadelphia, US
4
Provo, US
4
Saint Louis, US
4
Durango, US
3
Mexico City, MX
3
Wuzhou, CN
3
Claremont, US
3
Austin, US
2
Lubbock, US
2
USFSlocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
2
Santa Barbara, US
1
Fort Worth, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Hermosillo, MX
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
28 institutions · 162 of 162 vouchered records shown
