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 Epidendrum fimbriatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
Countries1
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.
★trnL-F
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 592 records
Wild obs. + sensor688
Museum / vouchered904
Origin
Native10
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 212 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 accuracy79% within 1 km
≤100 m 251≤1 km 117≤10 km 57>10 km 38
463 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor688
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
≤1 km 73≤10 km 212>10 km 43
328 georeferenced · 576 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence904
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 65 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
212
Saint Louis, US
115
Chicago, US
74
Bronx, US
48
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
37
Xiamen, CN
33
Aarhus, DK
31
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record
30
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
29
Tampa, US
23
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
22
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
17
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
17
Loja, EC
17
QCNElocation not on record
14
Quito, EC
12
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
10
South Kensington, GB
10
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
9
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
9
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
9
Fort Worth, US
8
Stockholm, SE
8
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record
7
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
7
La Paz, BO
7
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
7
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
6
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
5
Cochabamba, BO
4
Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal (UNISARC)location not on record
4
Madison, US
4
UTPLlocation not on record
4
Austin, US
4
HUAlocation not on record
3
Iquitos, PE
3
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
3
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
3
Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record
2
Lima, PE
2
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
2
Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Cusco, PE
1
Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record
1
COLlocation not on record
1
arosemena tola, EC
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Arequipa, PE
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
Corrientes, AR
1
Paris, FR
1
Mexico City, MX
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
CUVClocation not on record
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldtlocation not on record
1
Instituto Chinoin, A.C.location not on record
1
Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record
1
65 institutions · 899 of 904 vouchered records shown · 5 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Epidendrum fimbriatum 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
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Bosque altoantino
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 median13.2 °C 13.2–13.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.8 °C
Max temp (day)18.6 °C
Min temp (night)8.60 °C
Precipitation171 mm/mo
Air humidity65.7 %
Moisture balance66.9 mm/mo
Vapour deficit521 Pa
Wind speed2.20 m/s
Cloud cover57.2 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
