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 Phlox multiflora has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens14
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences4
eDNA detections5
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 barcodemarker
07Deep time~4.83 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin4.83 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 449 records
Wild obs. + sensor883
Museum / vouchered566
Origin
Native8
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 560 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 488≤1 km 117≤10 km 55>10 km 46
706 georeferenced · 177 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor883
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 accuracy52% within 1 km
≤100 m 43≤1 km 127≤10 km 148>10 km 8
326 georeferenced · 240 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence566
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 institutions36 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
67
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
66
Bronx, US
64
Moscow, US
63
WTUlocation not on record
52
Missoula, US
33
Denver, US
25
Bozeman, US
19
Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratorylocation not on record
17
Pullman, US
15
Boise, US
13
Pocatello, US
12
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
12
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
7
Wuzhou, CN
7
Chadron, US
7
Logan, US
6
Pittsburg, US
6
Emporia, US
5
Yellowstone National Park Herbariumlocation not on record
5
Bloomington, US
4
Orem, US
4
Caldwell, US
4
Flagstaff, US
4
ASUlocation not on record
4
Riverside, US
3
Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalitionlocation not on record
3
Corvallis, US
3
Philadelphia, US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Albuquerque, US
3
Cheney, US
2
Millersville, US
2
Provo, US
2
San Francisco, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
1
Madison, US
1
Tempe, US
1
Tampa, US
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Dekalb, US
1
US
1
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
1
GB
1
IDElocation not on record
1
Durango, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Claremont, US
1
San Angelo, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
51 institutions · 563 of 566 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Phlox multiflora 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
Pine forest near roadside with pinus contort…Moist meadow with carex spp., phlox spp., pe…Granite rocksRocky Knoll, no weeds (no Alyssum, cheatgrass)Rocky knoll, nice plant community, no non-na…
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 median14.6 °C 13.7–14.7
Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.7 °C
Max temp (day)21.9 °C 21.0–22.2
Min temp (night)6.80 °C 6.20–7.40
Precipitation61.8 mm/mo 61.1–76.9
Air humidity50.2 % 48.1–50.4
Moisture balance-88.1 mm/mo -95.1–-73.5
Vapour deficit829 Pa 812–840
Wind speed2.70 m/s 2.20–2.80
Cloud cover23.3 % 23.2–23.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 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.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 449 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗