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 Polygala cuspidata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens2
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections2
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.
★ITS2
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type206 records
Museum / vouchered206
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO568 km²
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 accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 6≤10 km 13>10 km 3
23 georeferenced · 183 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence206
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions7 of 30 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
69
UFMGlocation not on record
23
UnBlocation not on record
15
USP-IBlocation not on record
13
JBRJlocation not on record
12
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
12
Cenargenlocation not on record
11
UFMSlocation not on record
5
Saint Louis, US
5
UNICAMPlocation not on record
4
Bogotá, D.C., CO
4
Kew, GB
3
UFBAlocation not on record
3
CEPLAClocation not on record
3
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
3
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
3
Feira de Santana, BR
2
UNISANTAlocation not on record
2
Salvador, BR
2
UFABClocation not on record
1
UEGlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
1
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
1
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
1
UFOPlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
1
Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record
1
UNESP-FCAlocation not on record
1
30 institutions · 205 of 206 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Polygala cuspidata 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.
