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 Ilex attenuata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections2
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Ilex x attenuata voucher S. Andrews SA1515 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, complete sequence; and internal transcribed spacer 2, partial sequence
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.
★rbcL5★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type52 records
Wild obs. + sensor7
Museum / vouchered45
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO156 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 accuracy86% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 1≤10 km 1
7 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor7
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 4≤10 km 11>10 km 2
20 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence45
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 institutions14 of 21 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bangkok, TH
6
Philadelphia, US
5
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
Knoxville, US
3
Columbia, US
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Tampa, US
2
Kew, GB
2
Bothell, US
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Bronx, US
1
Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record
1
Edmonton, CA
1
Dover, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Volunteer State Community Collegelocation not on record
1
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
1
21 institutions · 44 of 45 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Ilex attenuata 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 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.
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.
