Paxistima myrsinites (Oregon boxleaf, Oregon boxwood, mountain lover, box, or hedge, false box, myrtle box leaf; syn. Pachistima myrsinites) is a species of shrub in the family Celastraceae. It is native to western North America from British Columbia to northern Mexico to the Rocky Mountains, where it grows in forests, often in the understory.
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 Paxistima myrsinites has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries2
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.
★matK5★rbcL4★rbcLa★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type11 180 records
Wild obs. + sensor9 236
Museum / vouchered1 938
Cultivated / captive6
Origin
Native2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO21 256 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 5 884≤1 km 725≤10 km 338>10 km 229
7 176 georeferenced · 2 060 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor9 236
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 133≤1 km 488≤10 km 362>10 km 32
1 015 georeferenced · 923 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 938
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 6
6 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living6
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 institutions61 of 92 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Pullman, US
215
Moscow, US
150
WTUlocation not on record
146
Bronx, US
115
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
104
Vancouver, CA
103
Angwin, US
62
Corvallis, US
61
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
56
Missoula, US
54
Arcata, US
49
Boise, US
46
Flagstaff, US
42
ASUlocation not on record
41
Victoria, CA
41
Claremont, US
39
Denver, US
38
Pocatello, US
36
Albuquerque, US
33
Durango, US
31
Wuzhou, CN
29
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
28
Logan, US
25
Cheney, US
24
Pittsburg, US
23
Bozeman, US
23
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
19
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
16
DOI/NPS, Mount Rainier National Parklocation not on record
14
Portland, US
14
Provo, US
12
Orem, US
12
Davis, US
10
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
9
Ashland, US
8
Tacoma, US
8
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
8
Riverside, US
8
Caldwell, US
6
EL PASO, US
6
Pacific Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
5
Bend, US
5
San Luis Obispo, US
5
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
5
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
5
Phoenix, US
4
US
4
Chadron, US
4
Emporia, US
4
Portland, US
3
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
3
CASlocation not on record
3
Santa Barbara, US
3
Columbia, US
3
STNFlocation not on record
3
AUAlocation not on record
3
Austin, US
2
Kew, GB
2
HJAEFlocation not on record
2
Madison, US
2
Guasave, MX
2
St. Paul, US
2
USFSlocation not on record
2
BAYLUlocation not on record
2
IDElocation not on record
2
San Diego, US
2
Dover, US
2
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
2
University of British Columbialocation not on record
2
Dekalb, US
1
GB
1
San Jose, US
1
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
1
KNFSClocation not on record
1
San Angelo, US
1
San Francisco, US
1
Durango, MX
1
KNFYlocation not on record
1
Saint Louis, US
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
KNFHClocation not on record
1
Tartu, EE
1
Henderson, US
1
SEFlocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
Bandelier National Monumentlocation not on record
1
Whitehorse, CA
1
Millersville, US
1
92 institutions · 1 876 of 1 938 vouchered records shown · 62 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Paxistima myrsinites 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Yard creek camp site.
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 median12.6 °C 12.2–14.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.7 °C
Max temp (day)16.7 °C 14.6–20.9
Min temp (night)9.60 °C 7.00–10.4
Precipitation96.6 mm/mo 56.9–110
Air humidity57.0 % 54.3–65.1
Moisture balance-18.3 mm/mo
Vapour deficit627 Pa 497–748
Wind speed1.90 m/s
Cloud cover40.3 % 36.4–41.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · 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 Facility11 180 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗