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 Hilaria jamesii has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences5
eDNA detections4
Countries1
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.
★matK1★rbcL1★ITS3★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualHilaria jamesii carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 182×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
CCDB · book-ipcn65 — Anderson 1965
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — NA
2n 361×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
CCDB · book-indian_vol2 — Anderson, D.E. 1965
n 191×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — NA
n 361×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Windham, M. D. & C. Schaack. 1983. Chromosome counts for Adiantaceae, Aspleniaceae, Asteraceae and Poaceae. In: A. Löve (editor), IOPB Chromosome Number Reports LXXXI. Taxon 32: 664–665.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin6.18 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 614 records
Wild obs. + sensor432
Museum / vouchered1 182
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 140 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 accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 285≤1 km 12≤10 km 10>10 km 17
324 georeferenced · 108 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor432
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 accuracy57% within 1 km
≤100 m 50≤1 km 218≤10 km 161>10 km 42
471 georeferenced · 711 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 182
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 76 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Logan, US
164
Bronx, US
141
Albuquerque, US
104
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
97
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
91
Flagstaff, US
89
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
49
Riverside, US
46
Phoenix, US
36
ASUlocation not on record
27
Denver, US
26
Claremont, US
24
Pullman, US
21
Provo, US
18
Orem, US
15
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
14
Durango, US
12
Grand Junction, US
12
Davis, US
11
San Diego, US
11
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
10
Moscow, US
9
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
8
Saint Louis, US
7
USFSlocation not on record
6
Lubbock, US
6
Bureau of Land Managementlocation not on record
6
San Angelo, US
5
Angwin, US
5
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
5
Tampa, US
4
Chadron, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Boise, US
4
Arcata, US
3
Burlington, US
3
GB
3
San Luis Obispo, US
3
Fort Worth, US
2
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
2
INFlocation not on record
2
Austin, US
2
Fargo, US
2
Pocatello, US
2
Columbia, US
2
Mississippi State, US
2
Bangkok, TH
2
Bloomington, US
2
EL PASO, US
2
BAYLUlocation not on record
2
San Jose, US
2
Tempe, US
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Kew, GB
1
Long Beach, US
1
Portland, US
1
Brasília, BR
1
CASlocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Irvine, US
1
Minia, EG
1
Honolulu, US
1
Cenargenlocation not on record
1
Bureau of Land Management, Caliente Field Officelocation not on record
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
Emporia, US
1
US
1
Henderson, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Caldwell, US
1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Northridge, US
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
76 institutions · 1 163 of 1 182 vouchered records shown · 18 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Hilaria jamesii 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 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 median12.5 °C 12.5–12.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C
Max temp (day)18.4 °C
Min temp (night)8.20 °C
Precipitation79.6 mm/mo
Air humidity57.3 %
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo
Vapour deficit733 Pa
Wind speed5.80 m/s
Cloud cover36.7 %
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 614 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗