Cyperus ochraceus is a species of sedge that is native to Central America, southern parts of North America and South America. The species was first formally described by the botanist Martin Vahl in 1805.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Habitat GIFTCerrado (lato sensu), Floresta Ciliar ou Galeria
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcoding1 specimens
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 Cyperus ochraceus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections1
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★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 481 records
Wild obs. + sensor184
Museum / vouchered1 143
Other154
Origin
Native29
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 600 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 accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 89≤1 km 19≤10 km 4>10 km 14
126 georeferenced · 58 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor184
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 accuracy89% within 1 km
≤100 m 480≤1 km 32≤10 km 45>10 km 18
575 georeferenced · 568 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 143
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 institutions64 of 109 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
217
Mexico City, MX
157
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
98
Austin, US
96
Saint Louis, US
95
Bronx, US
71
Ann Arbor, US
27
Mérida, MX
24
Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
23
Fort Worth, US
22
Ciudad de México, MX
19
Guasave, MX
17
Miami, US
12
UFMSlocation not on record
10
Riverside, US
10
Tampa, US
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
9
Wuzhou, CN
7
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
7
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
7
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
7
US
7
Autlán de Navarro, MX
6
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
5
Jackson, US
5
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
5
Ciudad de México, MX
5
Bangkok, TH
4
UFSClocation not on record
4
EL PASO, US
4
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
4
GB
4
Juriquilla, MX
4
BAYLUlocation not on record
3
Tapachula, MX
3
Montréal, CA
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
Austin, US
3
Altos de Pipe, VE
3
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
3
Zacatecas, MX
3
Chicago, US
3
Kew, GB
3
San José, CR
2
León, NI
2
San Isidro, AR
2
BMlocation not on record
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Mérida, MX
2
Linares, MX
2
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
2
AUAlocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Tuscaloosa, US
2
Davis, US
2
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
2
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
2
La Paz, MX
2
HEMlocation not on record
2
JBRJlocation not on record
2
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
2
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
2
GAlocation not on record
2
Mazatlán, MX
2
USP-IBlocation not on record
2
Salamanca, ES
1
South Kensington, GB
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Loja, EC
1
Denver, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Managua, NI
1
Universidad de la Amazonia (UniAmazonia)location not on record
1
Philadelphia, US
1
Pullman, US
1
UDESC-CAVlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
1
INIREBlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Eastern Illinois Universitylocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
1
Arequipa, PE
1
Corrientes, AR
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
1
University of Zhejianglocation not on record
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Knoxville, US
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Stockholm, SE
1
UFPElocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Cambridge, US
1
Bloomington, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
109 institutions · 1 128 of 1 143 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Cyperus ochraceus 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
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 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.
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 Facility1 481 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗