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 cymosa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections1
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.
★matK1★rbcL1★ITS1★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type220 records
Wild obs. + sensor10
Museum / vouchered210
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO700 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 6≤10 km 1
7 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor10
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 accuracy20% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 19≤10 km 47>10 km 43
113 georeferenced · 97 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence210
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 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bangkok, TH
31
Miami, US
30
Chapel Hill, US
20
Saint Louis, US
15
Mississippi State, US
11
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
9
Tuscaloosa, US
9
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
8
Bronx, US
7
Bloomington, US
6
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
6
Knoxville, US
5
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
5
AUAlocation not on record
4
BAYLUlocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Columbia, US
3
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
2
GAlocation not on record
2
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
2
Tampa, US
1
US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Kew, GB
1
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
1
San Angelo, US
1
Asheville, US
1
Clemson, US
1
Due West, US
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
College Park, US
1
Madison, US
1
Edmonton, CA
1
40 institutions · 203 of 210 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Polygala cymosa 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.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility220 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗