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 Ferula communis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes1
eDNA detections3
Countries2
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.
★ITS2
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type10 024 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 704
Museum / vouchered280
Cultivated / captive5
Other35
Origin
Native34
Introduced83
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO16 516 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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤100 m 3 296≤1 km 801≤10 km 1 121>10 km 869
6 087 georeferenced · 3 617 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 704
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 accuracy50% within 1 km
≤100 m 7≤1 km 30≤10 km 36>10 km 1
74 georeferenced · 206 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence280
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy50% within 1 km
≤1 km 1≤10 km 1
2 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living5
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 institutions32 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
LDlocation not on record
21
MAlocation not on record
18
BClocation not on record
15
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
15
Kew, GB
14
Wlocation not on record
11
Rishon Le Zion, IL
9
JBSlocation not on record
9
València, ES
7
Paris, FR
7
Saint Louis, US
7
Badajoz, ES
6
CJBGlocation not on record
6
UIBlocation not on record
6
Córdoba, ES
5
Barcelona, ES
5
BDBClocation not on record
5
MeiseBGlocation not on record
5
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
4
Stockholm, SE
3
RJBJCIlocation not on record
3
Salamanca, ES
3
Berlin, DE
3
Adelaide, AU
3
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
CICYTEXlocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
2
Vitoria, ES
2
Alicante, ES
2
BRNUlocation not on record
1
Pamplona, ES
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Turku, FI
1
Moscow, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Armidale, AU
1
STUlocation not on record
1
Görlitz, DE
1
Sevilla, ES
1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
1
Coimbra, PT
1
Monastir, TN
1
Riverside, US
1
Jaén, ES
1
IPE-CSIClocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
1
Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record
1
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record
1
Canberra, AU
1
Pamplona, ES
1
BSBIlocation not on record
1
Zürich, CH
1
ESP003location not on record
1
Madrid, ES
1
58 institutions · 231 of 280 vouchered records shown · 48 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 DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Ferula communis 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 median13.3 °C 11.7–14.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.5 °C
Max temp (day)17.6 °C 15.6–19.6
Min temp (night)8.10 °C 7.40–8.80
Precipitation55.0 mm/mo 37.7–72.2
Air humidity57.7 % 53.8–61.5
Moisture balance-34.8 mm/mo -56.3–-13.4
Vapour deficit753 Pa 592–913
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.30–4.40
Cloud cover40.1 % 38.6–41.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.
