Cojoba arborea - MHNT Cojoba arborea (common names include algarrobo, ardillo, lorito, barba de jolote, iguano, quebracho, sang sang, tamarindo, tambrán, tuburús, and bahamas sibicú) is a leguminous tree of the family Fabaceae found in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America, southward to Ecuador in South America at elevations of 0 -. The tree is not common in naturalized forests, but it can be found in open sites and transition zones.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Cojoba arborea across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Cojoba arborea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens9
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections10
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Cojoba arborea voucher R. Duno 2348 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 2, and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, region
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.
★matK3★rbcL4★rbcLa★ITS3★ITS2trnH-psbA
plant barcodefungal barcodemarker
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 127 records
Wild obs. + sensor417
Museum / vouchered709
Other1
Origin
Native5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 740 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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 213≤1 km 58≤10 km 19>10 km 13
303 georeferenced · 114 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor417
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 accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 138≤1 km 11≤10 km 11>10 km 12
172 georeferenced · 537 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence709
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 institutions43 of 74 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
171
Durango, MX
77
Mexico City, MX
59
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
41
Kew, GB
29
Bronx, US
27
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
17
CASlocation not on record
14
Austin, US
14
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
13
Tapachula, MX
13
León, NI
12
Mérida, MX
9
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
9
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
7
MEXUlocation not on record
7
QCNElocation not on record
7
San José, CR
6
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
5
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
5
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
5
Ann Arbor, US
5
Puebla, MX
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
4
Chicago, US
4
Berlin, DE
4
Pondicherry, IN
3
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record
3
Juriquilla, MX
3
Xiamen, CN
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Davis, US
3
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
HUAlocation not on record
2
Managua, NI
2
Dirección Nacional Forestal, Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderíalocation not on record
2
Fredericksburg, US
2
Montréal, CA
2
Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record
2
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Richmond, US
2
Guatemala City, GT
2
Miami, US
1
Museum of Zoologylocation not on record
1
Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change & Solid Waste Managementlocation not on record
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
University of Oxfordlocation not on record
1
Brasília, BR
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
Loja, EC
1
Riverside, US
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
1
US
1
La Paz, BO
1
XALlocation not on record
1
Aarhus, DK
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Jackson, US
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Forestaleslocation not on record
1
Brasília, BR
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Cenargenlocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Phoenix, US
1
Cuiabá, BR
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
74 institutions · 648 of 709 vouchered records shown · 61 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA10 detections
Where the DNA of Cojoba arborea 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 found10
Studies independent surveys2
Countries1
Signal confidence: moderateweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 10 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 median20.9 °C 20.8–20.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.40 °C
Max temp (day)23.9 °C 23.9–24.1
Min temp (night)17.1 °C 17.1–17.7
Precipitation180 mm/mo 112–180
Air humidity68.6 % 65.3–68.6
Moisture balance103 mm/mo -5.00–103
Vapour deficit771 Pa 771–852
Wind speed1.20 m/s 1.20–2.10
Cloud cover26.0 % 26.0–27.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 detection points · 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 Facility1 127 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
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