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 Piper elongatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections2
Countries1
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.
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08Occurrence & distribution
Record type299 records
Wild obs. + sensor2
Museum / vouchered297
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO544 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 accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without
Open the mapobservation + sensor2
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 accuracy17% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤10 km 2>10 km 3
6 georeferenced · 291 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence297
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 institutions24 of 35 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
98
Bronx, US
58
La Paz, BO
17
HUAlocation not on record
16
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
15
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
12
Sucre, BO
10
Cochabamba, BO
9
MAlocation not on record
6
Philadelphia, US
4
Corrientes, AR
4
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
4
Cusco, PE
3
Kew, GB
3
Zlocation not on record
2
Cincinnati, US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
2
GB
2
DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record
2
Cambridge, US
2
San Isidro, AR
2
Claremont, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Pittsburg, US
1
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
UTPLlocation not on record
1
Lima, PE
1
Cambridge, US
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Tampa, US
1
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
1
Iquitos, PE
1
Austin, US
1
St. Paul, US
1
35 institutions · 288 of 297 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Piper elongatum 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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.
