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 Ficus cotinifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens7
Marker genes2
eDNA detections5
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.
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plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 166 records
Wild obs. + sensor264
Museum / vouchered1 870
Other32
Origin
Introduced5
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 540 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 accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 77≤1 km 40≤10 km 16>10 km 11
144 georeferenced · 120 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor264
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 accuracy94% within 1 km
≤100 m 904≤1 km 12≤10 km 50>10 km 6
972 georeferenced · 898 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 870
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 institutions52 of 79 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
538
Mexico City, MX
288
Saint Louis, US
181
Austin, US
95
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
83
Chapingo, MX
56
Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record
51
Mérida, MX
49
Riverside, US
41
MEXUlocation not on record
37
Mexico City, MX
27
San Francisco de Campeche, MX
25
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
24
Tapachula, MX
22
Culiacán, MX
20
Kew, GB
20
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
18
Autlán de Navarro, MX
18
Juriquilla, MX
14
Bronx, US
14
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
12
Austin, US
11
San Diego, US
10
San José, CR
10
Chicago, US
9
Ciudad de México, MX
8
León, NI
8
Berlin, DE
8
Mexico City, MX
8
Guatemala City, GT
8
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
8
ASUlocation not on record
7
Guasave, MX
7
Tlalnepantla, MX
7
Tampa, US
7
Cambridge, US
6
La Paz, MX
6
Puebla, MX
5
Mazatlán, MX
5
Toluca, MX
5
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
5
MAlocation not on record
4
Botanical Survey of Indialocation not on record
4
Hermosillo, MX
4
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
4
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
3
Claremont, US
3
EL PASO, US
3
San Francisco, US
3
Mérida, MX
3
Sociedad Para el Estudio de los Recursos Bioticos de Oaxacalocation not on record
3
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
2
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Instituto de Biologialocation not on record
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record
2
Albuquerque, US
2
Pondicherry, IN
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Wlocation not on record
2
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Zacatecas, MX
2
Lubbock, US
1
BMlocation not on record
1
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record
1
Facultad de Ingeniería en Tecnología de la Madera, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgolocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
HEMlocation not on record
1
Phoenix, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Managua, NI
1
Ciudad de México, MX
1
Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record
1
IANIGLAlocation not on record
1
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
1
OTSlocation not on record
1
79 institutions · 1 854 of 1 870 vouchered records shown · 16 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Ficus cotinifolia 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median27.7 °C 26.4–29.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter2.20 °C
Max temp (day)28.9 °C 28.4–34.9
Min temp (night)24.1 °C 23.9–25.2
Precipitation194 mm/mo 86.1–219
Air humidity63.5 % 57.5–66.1
Moisture balance27.9 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,286 Pa 1,195–1,700
Wind speed1.60 m/s
Cloud cover29.8 % 20.1–31.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 166 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗