Carpobrotus chilensis is a species of succulent plant known by the common name sea fig. It is a species that is used as an ornamental plant, and it is also edible. However, along with its even more troublesome cousin, C. edulis, it has invaded sections of the California coast at the expense of native vegetation, and is subject to control efforts.
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 Carpobrotus chilensis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes3
eDNA detections2
Countries1
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 032 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 673
Museum / vouchered358
Cultivated / captive1
Origin
Introduced37
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 184 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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 696≤1 km 270≤10 km 121>10 km 55
2 142 georeferenced · 531 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 673
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 accuracy69% within 1 km
≤100 m 38≤1 km 109≤10 km 62>10 km 4
213 georeferenced · 145 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence358
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 institutions39 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
San Diego, US
67
Santa Barbara, US
51
Claremont, US
40
Christchurch, NZ
28
Riverside, US
18
Arcata, US
17
Corvallis, US
14
San Luis Obispo, US
12
US
11
Los Angeles, US
8
San Francisco, US
8
Davis, US
8
Auckland, NZ
6
CASlocation not on record
4
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
Santa Cruz, US
3
Northridge, US
3
Adelaide, AU
2
Turlock, US
2
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Barcelona, ES
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Salamanca, ES
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
Fort Bragg, US
1
Irvine, US
1
Long Beach, US
1
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
Valparaíso, CL
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Logan, US
1
San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
San Angelo, US
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
San Jose, US
1
GB
1
València, ES
1
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
1
Caldwell, US
1
Rotorua, NZ
1
Madison, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
52 institutions · 341 of 358 vouchered records shown · 17 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 DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Carpobrotus chilensis 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Perennial native grassland with Erodium spp.…
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 median14.9 °C 14.9–14.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.60 °C
Max temp (day)18.0 °C
Min temp (night)11.6 °C
Precipitation40.1 mm/mo
Air humidity64.1 %
Moisture balance-69.6 mm/mo
Vapour deficit606 Pa
Wind speed3.50 m/s
Cloud cover32.3 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 032 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
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