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 Cirsium virginianum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences2
Countries1
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.
★matK1★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type161 records
Wild obs. + sensor51
Museum / vouchered110
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO516 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 accuracy56% within 1 km
≤100 m 20≤1 km 5≤10 km 3>10 km 17
45 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor51
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 20≤10 km 38>10 km 6
70 georeferenced · 40 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence110
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 institutions14 of 24 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chapel Hill, US
25
Bronx, US
19
Bangkok, TH
15
Durham, US
8
Columbia, US
6
Longwood Universitylocation not on record
6
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
4
Chicago, US
3
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
3
Fort Worth, US
3
Jackson, US
3
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Flagstaff, US
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Emporia, US
1
GAlocation not on record
1
Long Beach, US
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
24 institutions · 110 of 110 vouchered records shown
