Cabomba furcata is a species of aquatic plant in the water shield family known by the common names red cabomba and forked fanwort. It is native to South America and as far north as Cuba and the tip of Florida. It reaches a maximum height between 30 and 80 cm and is up to 8 cm wide. It bears purple flowers. This is used as an aquarium plant. Carbon dioxide addition is usually necessary, mostly because this plant requires high light and regular fertilization for optimal growth. Cabomba furcata has been reported as an invasive species in Kerala, India.
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 Cabomba furcata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes2
eDNA detections6
Countries3
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.
★rbcL★ITS
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type408 records
Wild obs. + sensor48
Museum / vouchered360
Origin
Native140
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO940 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 accuracy65% within 1 km
≤100 m 9≤1 km 6≤10 km 8
23 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor48
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 2≤10 km 4>10 km 3
11 georeferenced · 349 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence360
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 institutions26 of 75 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
38
UFMSlocation not on record
28
Bronx, US
24
Saint Louis, US
23
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
13
Kew, GB
12
JBRJlocation not on record
10
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
10
Chicago, US
10
UFMGlocation not on record
9
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
8
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
6
Berlin, DE
6
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
6
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
6
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record
5
UEMAlocation not on record
5
Cuiabá, BR
5
Altos de Pipe, VE
5
Cenargenlocation not on record
4
UEMlocation not on record
4
Salvador, BR
4
Brasília, BR
4
UnBlocation not on record
4
St. Augustine, TT
3
Chaguaramas, TT
3
UNITINSlocation not on record
3
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
3
Santarém, BR
3
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
3
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record
3
UFESlocation not on record
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record
3
Maringá, BR
2
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
2
UFBAlocation not on record
2
UNEMATlocation not on record
2
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
2
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
2
INBIOlocation not on record
2
UNICAMPlocation not on record
2
Feira de Santana, BR
2
CEPLAClocation not on record
1
UFSClocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
X-RITTERlocation not on record
1
Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record
1
Quito, EC
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
VALElocation not on record
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Masindi, UG
1
UEGlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-DVlocation not on record
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
UEPAlocation not on record
1
M-VascularPlantslocation not on record
1
Tuscaloosa, US
1
UFPElocation not on record
1
Aarhus, DK
1
BARClocation not on record
1
Campo Grande, BR
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
1
Universidade do Estado de Mato Grossolocation not on record
1
UNESP-RClocation not on record
1
Madison, US
1
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record
1
75 institutions · 342 of 360 vouchered records shown · 14 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA6 detections
Where the DNA of Cabomba furcata 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
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 6 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median26.1 °C 26.0–27.3
Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.7 °C
Max temp (day)29.8 °C 29.1–30.4
Min temp (night)22.4 °C 22.3–25.2
Precipitation262 mm/mo 183–281
Air humidity69.4 % 64.8–71.1
Moisture balance127 mm/mo 32.2–153
Vapour deficit1,033 Pa 967–1,278
Wind speed0.6 m/s 0.5–2.10
Cloud cover60.5 % 60.1–62.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility407 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System1 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗