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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF335 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Guzmania nicaraguensis is a plant species in the genus Guzmania. This species is native to Central America (all countries except El Salvador) and Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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 Guzmania nicaraguensis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Guzmania nicaraguensis isolate B479 trnK-UUU gene, partial sequence; and maturase K (matK) gene, complete cds; plastid
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.
★matK1
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type335 records
Wild obs. + sensor125
Museum / vouchered210
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO640 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 61≤1 km 22≤10 km 16>10 km 4
103 georeferenced · 22 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor125
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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤10 km 2
21 georeferenced · 189 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence210
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 institutions22 of 32 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
79
Chicago, US
18
Durango, MX
17
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
16
Tampa, US
14
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
11
Mexico City, MX
8
León, NI
6
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Fort Worth, US
2
Bronx, US
2
Cambridge, US
2
Frankfurt am Main
2
Guatemala City, GT
2
San Francisco, US
2
QCNElocation not on record
2
San José, CR
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Paris, FR
1
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Tapachula, MX
1
OTSlocation not on record
1
St. Paul, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record
1
Mérida, MX
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
32 institutions · 206 of 210 vouchered records shown · 4 without an institution code
