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 Calochortus barbatus 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
Calochortus barbatus maturase K (matK) gene, partial cds; chloroplast
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.
★matK1
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manualCalochortus barbatus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size≈2 280 069 221 bp assembly estimate
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Calochortus barbatus2.28 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 062 records
Wild obs. + sensor542
Museum / vouchered512
Other8
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 664 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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 217≤1 km 121≤10 km 43>10 km 22
403 georeferenced · 139 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor542
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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 309≤1 km 9≤10 km 23>10 km 4
345 georeferenced · 167 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence512
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 institutions34 of 45 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
158
Mexico City, MX
71
Austin, US
44
Mexico City, MX
39
Saint Louis, US
23
Ann Arbor, US
22
Ciudad de México, MX
19
Chapingo, MX
18
Ciudad de México, MX
13
Austin, US
11
Anchorage, US
10
Pullman, US
9
Riverside, US
8
Guasave, MX
7
Madison, US
6
ASUlocation not on record
5
GB
5
Juriquilla, MX
5
Culiacán, MX
3
EL PASO, US
3
Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record
3
Mexico City, MX
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Paris, FR
2
MEXUlocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
1
Claremont, US
1
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
1
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
1
Museo de Historia Natural Alfredo Dugés, Universidad de Guanajuatolocation not on record
1
Bronx, US
1
Universidad de Autonoma de Baja Californialocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Chicago, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Puebla, MX
1
Northridge, US
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Los Angeles, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Tampa, US
1
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
1
45 institutions · 512 of 512 vouchered records shown
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 062 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗