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 Elleanthus aurantiacus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes2
eDNA detections2
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 379 records
Wild obs. + sensor673
Museum / vouchered702
Cultivated / captive4
Origin
Native6
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 592 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 accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 194≤1 km 111≤10 km 41>10 km 21
367 georeferenced · 306 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor673
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 accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 2≤1 km 34≤10 km 102>10 km 24
162 georeferenced · 540 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence702
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without
Open the mapnot free-living4
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 institutions30 of 72 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
117
Saint Louis, US
80
Chicago, US
51
Xiamen, CN
37
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
36
Aarhus, DK
33
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
31
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
28
Loja, EC
25
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
18
Madison, US
17
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
15
Stockholm, SE
13
Bronx, US
11
Göteborg, SE
10
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
10
South Kensington, GB
10
HUAlocation not on record
8
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
8
QCNElocation not on record
7
Quito, EC
7
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
7
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
7
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record
7
UTPLlocation not on record
6
San José, CR
6
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
6
Fort Worth, US
5
Frankfurt am Main
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
5
Tampa, US
4
Austin, US
4
Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record
3
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record
3
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
3
Cochabamba, BO
3
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
2
UFPIlocation not on record
2
Berlin, DE
2
INBIOlocation not on record
2
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
2
Wlocation not on record
2
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
2
Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record
1
Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal (UNISARC)location not on record
1
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
1
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
1
Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation not on record
1
Managua, NI
1
Herbario UTCEClocation not on record
1
Plocation not on record
1
CUVClocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
arosemena tola, EC
1
La Paz, BO
1
Cusco, PE
1
Brooklyn Botanic Gardenlocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
1
Indiana State Universitylocation not on record
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Davis, US
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record
1
Santiago de Cali, CO
1
Kew, GB
1
GB
1
Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record
1
CASlocation not on record
1
72 institutions · 693 of 702 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Elleanthus aurantiacus 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 379 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
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GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗