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 Herniaria cinerea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences1
eDNA detections1
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Herniaria hirsuta var. cinerea 18S ribosomal RNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, internal transcribed spacer 2, and 28S ribosomal RNA gene, region
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.
★matK★rbcLa★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 966 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 951
Museum / vouchered997
Other18
Origin
Native1 358
Introduced493
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO12 548 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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 647≤1 km 1 614≤10 km 1 518>10 km 26
3 805 georeferenced · 146 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 951
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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 99≤1 km 252≤10 km 274>10 km 34
659 georeferenced · 338 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence997
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 institutions47 of 80 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Adelaide, AU
165
València, ES
112
MAlocation not on record
68
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
64
Berlin, DE
59
Barcelona, ES
43
Granada, ES
36
LDlocation not on record
30
Vitoria, ES
23
BClocation not on record
23
Alicante, ES
20
ASUlocation not on record
19
UIBlocation not on record
16
San Sebastián, ES
16
Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record
14
GMBAlocation not on record
14
Córdoba, ES
13
Madrid, ES
13
Riverside, US
12
Canberra, AU
12
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record
11
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
10
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
9
Pamplona, ES
9
Paris, FR
7
Pamplona, ES
7
EEZA-CSIClocation not on record
7
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
6
Mount Annan, AU
6
South Kensington, GB
6
Kew, GB
5
Jaén, ES
5
ISAlocation not on record
5
Wlocation not on record
5
Badajoz, ES
4
Flagstaff, US
4
Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record
4
Salamanca, ES
4
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
3
Angwin, US
3
Sevilla, ES
3
CICYTEXlocation not on record
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Phoenix, US
2
Bratislava, SK
2
Kensington, AU
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
EL PASO, US
2
Hunan Geological Museumlocation not on record
2
BRNUlocation not on record
2
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
2
Beijing, CN
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Denver, US
1
La Paz, MX
1
Hermosillo, MX
1
UChlocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Córdoba, AR
1
Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
San Diego, US
1
Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
PRClocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
1
College Park, US
1
Boise, US
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Coimbra, PT
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Vancouver, CA
1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Görlitz, DE
1
Dresden, DE
1
Armidale, AU
1
80 institutions · 946 of 997 vouchered records shown · 51 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Herniaria cinerea 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
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 median19.8 °C 19.8–19.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter12.8 °C
Max temp (day)27.1 °C
Min temp (night)13.9 °C
Precipitation2.90 mm/mo
Air humidity54.4 %
Moisture balance-150 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,059 Pa
Wind speed1.50 m/s
Cloud cover16.7 %
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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 966 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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