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 sanguinea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections5
Countries2
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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08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 429 records
Wild obs. + sensor33
Museum / vouchered2 396
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO7 500 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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 9
9 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor33
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 accuracy27% within 1 km
≤100 m 77≤1 km 423≤10 km 1 195>10 km 124
1 819 georeferenced · 577 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 396
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 institutions81 of 111 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
324
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
269
Wuzhou, CN
183
Madison, US
171
Bloomington, US
93
St. Paul, US
87
New Haven, US
67
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
66
Bronx, US
65
Burlington, US
60
Ann Arbor, US
58
Saint Louis, US
54
Chapel Hill, US
51
Québec, CA
50
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
50
Allentown, US
37
Pittsburg, US
26
Green Bay, US
24
Emporia, US
23
Bangkok, TH
20
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
20
Philadelphia, US
17
Williamsburg, US
17
Fayetteville, US
17
College Park, US
15
Staten Island, US
15
Longwood Universitylocation not on record
14
Keene State Universitylocation not on record
13
Chadron, US
12
Little Rock, US
12
Davenport, US
11
Saint John, CA
10
Lincoln, US
9
University of Lynchburglocation not on record
8
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
8
Millersville, US
8
Austin, US
7
Conway, US
7
EL PASO, US
7
Kirksville, US
7
Montréal, CA
7
Tuscaloosa, US
7
BAYLUlocation not on record
6
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
6
Durham, US
6
Université Lavallocation not on record
5
Norfolk, US
5
Fort Worth, US
5
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
5
US
5
Chicago, US
4
Mexico City, MX
4
Toronto, CA
4
GB
4
Mohonk Preservelocation not on record
4
New Brunswick, US
4
Edmonton, CA
4
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
4
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
3
Morgantown, US
3
LINUlocation not on record
3
Whitewater, US
3
Miami, US
3
Durham, US
3
Hamilton, US
3
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Riverside, US
2
Washington, US
2
Russellville, US
2
Waverly, US
2
Hudson, US
2
Denver, US
2
Pullman, US
2
Jefferson City, US
2
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Knoxville, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
Phoenix, US
2
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
2
Mississippi State, US
2
Trois-Rivières, CA
1
Blacksburg, US
1
Cambridge, US
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Springfield, US
1
Moscow, US
1
Dover, US
1
Fullerton, US
1
Fairfax, US
1
Asheville, US
1
US
1
Elikins, US
1
Oswego, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Columbia, US
1
CASlocation not on record
1
Nagano City, JP
1
Kingston, US
1
Turlock, US
1
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
1
Conway, US
1
BClocation not on record
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Northridge, US
1
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
1
West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Richmond, US
1
111 institutions · 2 186 of 2 396 vouchered records shown · 210 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Polygala sanguinea 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
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 median18.8 °C 9.60–19.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter29.8 °C
Max temp (day)21.2 °C 13.0–23.5
Min temp (night)15.8 °C 6.60–16.9
Precipitation121 mm/mo 106–135
Air humidity61.3 % 60.4–62.9
Moisture balance-10.8 mm/mo -11.8–69.7
Vapour deficit861 Pa 475–874
Wind speed4.00 m/s 3.30–4.00
Cloud cover44.7 % 43.3–58.8
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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 Facility2 429 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗