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 Carex orbicularis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences10
Countries4
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.
★ITS10
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type433 records
Wild obs. + sensor106
Museum / vouchered298
Other29
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 292 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 accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 81>10 km 24
105 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor106
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 accuracy11% within 1 km
≤1 km 13≤10 km 79>10 km 30
122 georeferenced · 176 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence298
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 institutions18 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
GMBAlocation not on record
89
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
88
Urumqi, CN
13
Yerevan, AM
9
BRNUlocation not on record
9
Wlocation not on record
7
KR
7
Xining, CN
7
Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record
7
Beijing, CN
6
Plocation not on record
6
Tsukuba, JP
6
Kunming, CN
5
Lanzhou, CN
5
Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record
5
Frankfurt am Main
5
Kew, GB
3
Yangling, CN
3
Cambridge, US
2
Edinburgh, GB
2
Bronx, US
1
Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record
1
Xian, CN
1
Trondheim, NO
1
Montréal, CA
1
Taipei, TW
1
WNNUlocation not on record
1
Hazara Universitylocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 292 of 298 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
