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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF334 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
01Narrative
Scarlet skullcap flowers Scutellaria costaricana is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, that is native to Costa Rica and Panama. It is commonly known scarlet skullcap or Costa Rican skullcap and is a popular tropical houseplant.
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 Scutellaria costaricana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences4
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Scutellaria costaricana isolate WTUL009 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial 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.
★matK2★rbcL1★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type334 records
Wild obs. + sensor24
Museum / vouchered310
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO656 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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 10≤1 km 6≤10 km 2>10 km 1
19 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor24
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 accuracy67% within 1 km
≤1 km 2≤10 km 1
3 georeferenced · 307 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence310
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 institutions17 of 28 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
80
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
69
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
59
Chicago, US
26
Kew, GB
11
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
9
Bronx, US
8
Durham, US
7
Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record
6
San José, CR
6
Mexico City, MX
4
MEXUlocation not on record
3
Tampa, US
2
Denver, US
2
Cambridge, US
2
BMlocation not on record
1
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Miami, US
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
BISHlocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
South Kensington, GB
1
León, NI
1
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
28 institutions · 307 of 310 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
