Punctelia stictica is a species of foliose lichen in the family Parmeliaceae. It is widely distributed lichen, recorded in Africa, Europe, North America, South America, and Greenland. It is typically found growing on rocks.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Punctelia stictica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences3
eDNA detections3
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Punctelia stictica from Venezuela internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence
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.
★ITS3
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type573 records
Wild obs. + sensor269
Museum / vouchered304
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 328 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 accuracy72% within 1 km
≤100 m 152≤1 km 11≤10 km 20>10 km 42
225 georeferenced · 44 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor269
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 accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 24≤1 km 45≤10 km 20>10 km 4
93 georeferenced · 211 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence304
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 institutions22 of 45 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Olocation not on record
47
ASUlocation not on record
32
Vancouver, CA
22
Madison, US
16
LDlocation not on record
15
Stockholm, SE
15
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
14
TROMlocation not on record
14
St. Paul, US
11
Wuzhou, CN
10
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
9
Bronx, US
8
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
7
Berlin, DE
7
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
6
Uppsala, SE
5
Bergen, NO
5
BioFokuslocation not on record
4
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
4
Durham, US
4
Chicago, US
4
Göteborg, SE
4
nbflocation not on record
3
WTUlocation not on record
3
Université Lavallocation not on record
2
Champaign, US
2
BDBClocation not on record
2
Trondheim, NO
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
PHlocation not on record
2
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
2
Boise, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Arequipa, PE
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Albuquerque, US
1
University of Gdansklocation not on record
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Victoria, CA
1
Klostermuseum Disentislocation not on record
1
University of Oslo, Natural History Museumlocation not on record
1
US
1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
1
Fort Worth, US
1
45 institutions · 297 of 304 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Punctelia stictica 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
On the side of an old churchyard stone wall
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 median14.3 °C 5.10–23.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.3 °C
Max temp (day)17.3 °C 7.30–27.3
Min temp (night)10.5 °C 1.20–19.9
Precipitation186 mm/mo 148–224
Air humidity65.9 % 65.5–66.3
Moisture balance84.1 mm/mo 80.6–87.6
Vapour deficit705 Pa 343–1,068
Wind speed5.00 m/s 3.00–7.00
Cloud cover37.7 % 30.7–44.7
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility573 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗