Escallonia myrtilloides is an evergreen shrub or tree in the Escalloniaceae family, native to open montane wet forests and paramos from Costa Rica to Bolivia. It occurs at elevations between 1900 and 4200 meters above sea level.
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 Escallonia myrtilloides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections3
Countries2
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.
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plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 975 records
Wild obs. + sensor719
Museum / vouchered1 256
Origin
Native21
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO2 932 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 accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 120≤1 km 53≤10 km 32>10 km 6
211 georeferenced · 508 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor719
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 accuracy20% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 26≤10 km 78>10 km 31
136 georeferenced · 1 120 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 256
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 institutions37 of 91 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
341
Chicago, US
164
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
62
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
53
Loja, EC
36
Aarhus, DK
35
Quito, EC
32
QCNElocation not on record
30
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
30
Xiamen, CN
27
Kew, GB
27
ASUlocation not on record
25
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
21
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
17
Calabar, NG
17
Cuenca, EC
17
Cusco, PE
15
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
12
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
11
Stockholm, SE
11
Jardín Botanico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis (JBB)location not on record
10
MAlocation not on record
10
Bronx, US
9
San José, CR
9
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record
8
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
8
CASlocation not on record
8
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
8
Universidad de los Andes (UniAndes)location not on record
8
UTPLlocation not on record
8
La Paz, BO
7
UDFJClocation not on record
7
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record
6
Universidad Distrital Francisco Jose de Caldas (UDFJC)location not on record
6
Riobamba, EC
6
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
5
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
5
Iquitos, PE
5
Lima, PE
4
Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record
4
South Kensington, GB
4
Göteborg, SE
4
arosemena tola, EC
4
Universidad de los Andeslocation not on record
4
Herbario de la Universidad Tecnológica Indoaméricalocation not on record
3
BMlocation not on record
3
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
3
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Corporación Universitaria Santa Rosa de Cabal (UNISARC)location not on record
3
Los Angeles, US
2
Davis, US
2
HUPCHlocation not on record
2
Llocation not on record
2
Uppsala, SE
2
MEXUlocation not on record
2
WAGlocation not on record
2
Corrientes, AR
2
CUVClocation not on record
2
Instituto de Investigacion de Recursos Biologicos Alexander von Humboldtlocation not on record
2
Arequipa, PE
2
Cochabamba, BO
2
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
2
HUAlocation not on record
2
Tampa, US
2
Fort Worth, US
2
Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record
2
Wlocation not on record
2
IAvHlocation not on record
2
PRClocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Wake Forest Universitylocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Universidad Nacional de Cajamarcalocation not on record
1
Beijing, CN
1
G. Peyrelocation not on record
1
Sucre, BO
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record
1
Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record
1
US
1
Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record
1
Altos de Pipe, VE
1
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record
1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
1
Bloomington, US
1
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record
1
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
1
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
91 institutions · 1 220 of 1 256 vouchered records shown · 36 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Escallonia myrtilloides 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 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 median14.7 °C 13.0–14.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter0.5 °C
Max temp (day)19.9 °C 17.6–19.9
Min temp (night)10.0 °C 8.80–10.0
Precipitation191 mm/mo 145–191
Air humidity62.5 % 62.5–67.8
Moisture balance61.2 mm/mo 22.6–61.2
Vapour deficit622 Pa 485–622
Wind speed2.00 m/s 2.00–2.40
Cloud cover57.0 % 57.0–61.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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 Foundation2 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 975 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗