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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF713 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Carex tristachya, called the shiny-spike sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Carex, native to south-central and southeast China (including Hainan and Taiwan), Korea, Japan, the Ryukyus, the Philippines, Borneo, and New Guinea. Its seeds are dispersed by ants.
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 Carex tristachya has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences9
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Carex tristachya var. pocilliformis voucher X.F. Jin 3889 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence
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.
★matK4★ITS5
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type713 records
Wild obs. + sensor118
Museum / vouchered595
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 744 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 accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 2>10 km 1
6 georeferenced · 112 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor118
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 accuracy70% within 1 km
≤1 km 14≤10 km 6
20 georeferenced · 575 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence595
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 institutions37 of 61 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Odawara, JP
70
Tsukuba, JP
68
Sanda, JP
54
Tokushima, JP
46
Guangzhou, CN
35
Chiba, JP
33
Kochi, JP
32
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
29
Bando, JP
24
NSMKlocation not on record
22
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
16
Sendai, JP
12
Kunming, CN
12
National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record
12
Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record
11
Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record
10
Tomioka, JP
6
Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record
5
Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record
5
Toyama, JP
5
Guangzhou, CN
5
Wuhan, CN
4
Taipei, TW
4
Chengdu, CN
4
Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record
4
Taipei, TW
3
Guilin, CN
3
Hangzhou, CN
3
J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record
3
Nishihara, JP
3
Changsha, CN
3
SSNHlocation not on record
2
Taipei, TW
2
IAvHlocation not on record
2
Osaka, JP
2
Fukushima Universitylocation not on record
2
SIHUlocation not on record
2
Shenzhen, CN
2
Guiyang, CN
2
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record
2
Awka, NG
2
LDlocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
Nanjing, CN
1
Shinshu Universitylocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
Kyoto Universitylocation not on record
1
Xining, CN
1
Williamsburg, US
1
Wuhan, CN
1
htclocation not on record
1
Jiujiang Forestry Institutelocation not on record
1
Peking Universitylocation not on record
1
Xiamen, CN
1
Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record
1
Nishihara, JP
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
KIRMlocation not on record
1
KR
1
61 institutions · 586 of 595 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
