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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources14 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS749 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Cyperus prolixus is a species of sedge that is native to southern parts of North America, Central America and tropical parts of South America. The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1816.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 prolixus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences3
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 type749 records
Wild obs. + sensor28
Museum / vouchered706
Other15
Origin
Native130
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 484 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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 13≤10 km 1>10 km 4
18 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor28
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 accuracy54% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 6≤10 km 22>10 km 6
61 georeferenced · 645 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence706
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 95 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
108
Porto Alegre, BR
72
Bronx, US
67
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
36
San Isidro, AR
35
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
34
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
32
Corrientes, AR
22
Córdoba, AR
13
Durango, MX
13
Kew, GB
13
Ann Arbor, US
12
Altos de Pipe, VE
12
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
10
Blumenau, BR
10
UFMSlocation not on record
10
UFSClocation not on record
9
Mexico City, MX
9
UnBlocation not on record
9
Brasília, BR
8
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
8
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
8
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
7
Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record
6
Xiamen, CN
5
UNESClocation not on record
5
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
5
Ciudad de México, MX
4
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
4
UNICAMPlocation not on record
4
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
4
QCNElocation not on record
4
Aarhus, DK
4
UFPElocation not on record
4
León, NI
3
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
3
South Kensington, GB
3
Criciúma, BR
3
UFMGlocation not on record
3
Guasave, MX
3
Chicago, US
3
Paris, FR
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Maringá, BR
2
Londrina, BR
2
UFSJlocation not on record
2
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
2
US
2
Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record
2
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
2
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
2
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
2
Salvador, BR
2
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
UFRPElocation not on record
1
PUC-RSlocation not on record
1
Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR
1
UTFPR-DVlocation not on record
1
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
1
UNIVILLElocation not on record
1
University of Zhejianglocation not on record
1
UFPRlocation not on record
1
La Paz, BO
1
GB
1
Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríoslocation not on record
1
Santa Teresa, BR
1
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
1
Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-SLlocation not on record
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
USP-IBlocation not on record
1
Campo Mourão, BR
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
San Francisco, US
1
CEPLAClocation not on record
1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
1
UFSMlocation not on record
1
INMAlocation not on record
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Tampa, US
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record
1
UEPAlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
UFBAlocation not on record
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
UEMlocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional de Misiones- CONICETlocation not on record
1
95 institutions · 693 of 706 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code
