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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources9 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF682 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Penstemon tenuis is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family known by the common name sharpsepal beardtongue. It is endemic to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the United States where it is found in open, damp areas in alluvial soil. It flowers from early April into early June.
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 tenuis 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 type682 records
Wild obs. + sensor565
Museum / vouchered117
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 452 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 accuracy90% within 1 km
≤100 m 360≤1 km 60≤10 km 21>10 km 28
469 georeferenced · 96 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor565
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 accuracy53% within 1 km
≤100 m 12≤1 km 18≤10 km 23>10 km 4
57 georeferenced · 60 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence117
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 institutions19 of 23 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
33
Jackson, US
26
Fayetteville, US
16
Little Rock, US
11
BAYLUlocation not on record
5
Wuzhou, CN
4
Fort Worth, US
3
Mexico City, MX
2
Austin, US
2
EL PASO, US
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Chadron, US
1
Conway, US
1
Columbia, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
Conway, US
1
Williamsburg, US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
Russellville, US
1
23 institutions · 116 of 117 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
