Melica imperfecta is a species of grass known by the common name smallflower melic and little California melic. It is native to the Arizona, California, and Nevada in the United States and Baja California in Mexico. It grows in chaparral, woodlands, montane regions, and other dry areas.
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 Melica imperfecta has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections3
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 572 records
Wild obs. + sensor729
Museum / vouchered2 843
Origin
Native464
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO8 084 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 accuracy96% within 1 km
≤100 m 456≤1 km 26≤10 km 5>10 km 17
504 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor729
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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤100 m 167≤1 km 655≤10 km 486>10 km 31
1 339 georeferenced · 1 504 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 843
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 65 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
576
San Diego, US
539
Riverside, US
357
Santa Barbara, US
343
Davis, US
163
San Luis Obispo, US
119
US
76
Los Angeles, US
53
Irvine, US
45
Logan, US
44
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
40
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
36
CASlocation not on record
33
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
23
ASUlocation not on record
20
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
19
Arcata, US
13
Long Beach, US
12
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
11
EL PASO, US
11
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
10
Phoenix, US
10
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record
9
Calabar, NG
9
Saint Louis, US
8
Flagstaff, US
8
San Jose, US
7
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
7
Angwin, US
6
Wuzhou, CN
5
Ensenada, MX
5
Northridge, US
5
Santa Cruz, US
5
San Bernardino, US
4
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
4
Durango, MX
4
Ann Arbor, US
3
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
3
Mississippi State, US
3
LDlocation not on record
3
St. Paul, US
3
Bronx, US
2
Mexico City, MX
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
US
2
La Paz, MX
2
Bloomington, US
2
Boise, US
2
Austin, US
2
Oskarshamn, SE
2
Honolulu, US
1
Burlington, US
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Brookings, US
1
Tampa, US
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Chadron, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Provo, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Austin, US
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
65 institutions · 2 687 of 2 843 vouchered records shown · 156 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Melica imperfecta 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Rocky slope
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 median17.2 °C 17.2–17.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter18.0 °C
Max temp (day)25.0 °C
Min temp (night)10.4 °C
Precipitation10.4 mm/mo
Air humidity44.7 %
Moisture balance-188 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,097 Pa
Wind speed10.8 m/s
Cloud cover30.1 %
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 Facility3 572 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
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