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 Philodendron pterotum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
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.
★ITS2
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type300 records
Wild obs. + sensor136
Museum / vouchered163
Other1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO560 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 69≤1 km 28≤10 km 11>10 km 2
110 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor136
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 accuracy0% within 1 km
>10 km 1
1 georeferenced · 162 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence163
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 28 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
44
Kew, GB
17
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
16
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
12
San José, CR
10
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
10
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
8
Chicago, US
6
CASlocation not on record
5
Provincial Museum of Albertalocation not on record
4
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
4
Durham, US
3
Cambridge, US
3
Göteborg, SE
3
Bronx, US
2
Berlin, DE
2
Claremont, US
2
Wayland Universitylocation not on record
1
Plocation not on record
1
COLlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
VENlocation not on record
1
León, NI
1
Calabar, NG
1
Cornell Universitylocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 162 of 163 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Philodendron pterotum 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 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.
