Compounds documented for Callicarpa acuminata 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 Callicarpa acuminata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections5
Countries2
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.
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plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 939 records
Wild obs. + sensor325
Museum / vouchered1 613
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 900 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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 102≤1 km 43≤10 km 14>10 km 3
162 georeferenced · 163 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor325
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 accuracy93% within 1 km
≤100 m 772≤1 km 31≤10 km 52>10 km 5
860 georeferenced · 753 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 613
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 institutions35 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
Durango, MX
412
Saint Louis, US
283
Mexico City, MX
192
Mérida, MX
174
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
116
Austin, US
58
Tapachula, MX
55
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
26
Durham, US
21
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
18
Mérida, MX
18
León, NI
14
San Francisco, US
12
San José, CR
10
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
10
Bronx, US
10
Tampa, US
10
Riverside, US
9
Berlin, DE
9
Chapingo, MX
9
MEXUlocation not on record
8
Austin, US
8
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
7
Juriquilla, MX
7
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
6
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
6
arosemena tola, EC
6
Chicago, US
5
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
5
Kew, GB
5
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
4
HUAlocation not on record
4
Santiago de Cali, CO
4
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
4
Mexico City, MX
3
Ann Arbor, US
3
San Diego, US
3
Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record
3
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
3
MAlocation not on record
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
2
COLlocation not on record
2
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
2
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
2
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
1
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
1
SCZlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
CUVClocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
1
San Luis Potosí, MX
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
La Paz, BO
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
Xiamen, CN
1
FLASlocation not on record
1
QAPlocation not on record
1
TULVlocation not on record
1
Tuscaloosa, US
1
Instituto de invertigación de recursos biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
OTSlocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
72 institutions · 1 600 of 1 613 vouchered records shown · 13 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 DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Callicarpa acuminata 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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 median24.2 °C 24.2–27.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.50 °C
Max temp (day)26.2 °C 26.2–32.2
Min temp (night)22.0 °C 22.0–23.2
Precipitation145 mm/mo 145–175
Air humidity69.8 % 64.2–69.8
Moisture balance7.80 mm/mo -4.10–37.0
Vapour deficit908 Pa 908–1,290
Wind speed4.70 m/s 1.40–4.70
Cloud cover21.7 % 21.7–31.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.