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 Croton guatemalensis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections4
Countries3
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.
★ITS4★ITS2
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type697 records
Wild obs. + sensor26
Museum / vouchered671
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 200 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 accuracy95% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤1 km 5≤10 km 1
19 georeferenced · 7 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor26
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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 156≤1 km 4≤10 km 21>10 km 1
182 georeferenced · 489 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence671
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 institutions27 of 39 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
148
Chicago, US
84
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
68
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
61
Mexico City, MX
60
Berlin, DE
45
Durango, MX
40
León, NI
16
Ann Arbor, US
13
Madison, US
13
San Francisco, US
12
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
11
San José, CR
9
Autlán de Navarro, MX
8
Austin, US
8
CASlocation not on record
8
Guatemala City, GT
7
MEXUlocation not on record
6
Tapachula, MX
6
BMlocation not on record
5
HEMlocation not on record
5
Universidad de El Salvadorlocation not on record
4
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
3
Chapingo, MX
3
Mexico City, MX
2
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Bronx, US
2
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
Kew, GB
1
Plocation not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Honolulu, US
1
Mérida, MX
1
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record
1
BISHlocation not on record
1
Miami, US
1
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
1
39 institutions · 664 of 671 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Croton guatemalensis 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
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 median24.2 °C 18.3–24.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.70 °C
Max temp (day)28.8 °C 23.9–29.2
Min temp (night)19.8 °C 12.2–20.5
Precipitation137 mm/mo 65.3–198
Air humidity61.0 % 54.0–65.9
Moisture balance1.80 mm/mo -64.7–63.8
Vapour deficit1,086 Pa 917–1,179
Wind speed1.60 m/s 1.50–3.30
Cloud cover28.0 % 24.3–30.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility697 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗