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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources10 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF378 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Bluestem Penstemon (Penstemon cyanocaulis), Canyonlands National Park Penstemon cyanocaulis, the bluestem penstemon or bluestem beardtongue, is a perennial plant in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae) found in the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region of the southwestern United States.Canyon Country Wildflowers, Damian Fagan, 2nd ed., 2012, Morris Bush Publishing, LLC. in cooperation with Canyonlands Natural History Association,
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 Penstemon cyanocaulis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences1
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.
★ITS1
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type378 records
Wild obs. + sensor143
Museum / vouchered235
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO820 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 69≤1 km 12≤10 km 12>10 km 1
94 georeferenced · 49 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor143
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 accuracy47% within 1 km
≤100 m 16≤1 km 34≤10 km 43>10 km 14
107 georeferenced · 128 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence235
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 institutions20 of 27 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
47
Provo, US
34
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
32
Grand Junction, US
21
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
20
Denver, US
16
Wuzhou, CN
11
Claremont, US
7
Flagstaff, US
7
Durango, US
6
Riverside, US
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
US
3
Phoenix, US
3
Boise, US
2
WTUlocation not on record
2
Logan, US
2
Lincoln, US
1
Henderson, US
1
Davis, US
1
Pullman, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Saint Louis, US
1
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
27 institutions · 235 of 235 vouchered records shown
