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 Celosia virgata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
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.
★rbcLa
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type214 records
Wild obs. + sensor15
Museum / vouchered198
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO388 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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 13
14 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor15
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 accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 51≤1 km 10≤10 km 18>10 km 3
82 georeferenced · 116 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence198
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 institutions23 of 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
33
Durango, MX
24
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
17
Chicago, US
13
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
13
Mérida, MX
10
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
8
Mexico City, MX
8
Berlin, DE
8
León, NI
6
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
5
Austin, US
5
Tapachula, MX
4
Xiamen, CN
3
Mérida, MX
3
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record
2
OTSlocation not on record
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
Eliasson, U. (GB), 1993.location not on record
1
Bronx, US
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record
1
Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Herbario, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Aarhus, DK
1
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Montecillo, Texcoco, MX
1
Madison, US
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
40 institutions · 188 of 198 vouchered records shown · 10 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Celosia virgata 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median26.6 °C 26.6–26.6
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.80 °C
Max temp (day)31.1 °C
Min temp (night)22.7 °C
Precipitation18.9 mm/mo
Air humidity59.5 %
Moisture balance-152 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,407 Pa
Wind speed5.90 m/s
Cloud cover25.0 %
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility214 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗