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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 502 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Asclepias variegata, commonly called the redring milkweed or white milkweed, is a plant in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to eastern North America, where it is found in Canada and the United States. It is most common in the Southeastern United States, and becomes rare in the northern edge of its range. Its natural habitat is forest openings and savannas, often in sandy soils. It produces small white flowers with purplish centers that area crowded into round, terminal clusters. It flowers in early summer.
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 variegata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences2
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.
★matK1★rbcL1
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 502 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 794
Museum / vouchered708
Origin
Native4
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO14 332 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 accuracy78% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 636≤1 km 474≤10 km 247>10 km 610
3 967 georeferenced · 827 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 794
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 115≤10 km 204>10 km 67
413 georeferenced · 295 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence708
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 institutions49 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
58
Chicago, US
48
Bronx, US
46
Bangkok, TH
44
Philadelphia, US
40
Williamsburg, US
35
Jackson, US
27
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
26
Knoxville, US
20
Chapel Hill, US
20
Fort Worth, US
19
Saint Louis, US
19
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
18
Mississippi State, US
17
Tuscaloosa, US
17
St. Paul, US
16
Bloomington, US
15
Columbia, US
15
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
12
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
12
GAlocation not on record
11
Miami, US
11
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
10
Clemson, US
9
Fayetteville, US
9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
8
AUAlocation not on record
7
Wuzhou, CN
7
College Park, US
6
Austin, US
6
Logan, US
5
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
5
Edmonton, CA
4
Morgantown, US
4
Tampa, US
4
BAYLUlocation not on record
4
US
4
Norfolk, US
3
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
3
Washington, US
3
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
Conway, US
3
Conway, US
3
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
2
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
2
Little Rock, US
2
Madison, US
2
Henderson State Universitylocation not on record
2
New Haven, US
2
Asheville, US
2
Johnson City, US
2
EL PASO, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
Millersville, US
2
Kew, GB
2
Ypsilanti, US
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record
1
Jefferson City, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Walla Walla, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Fredericksburg, US
1
Lubbock, US
1
Fairfax, US
1
72 institutions · 706 of 708 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 502 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗