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 Sempervivum montanum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections2
Countries3
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.
★rbcLa★ITS10
plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type19 264 records
Wild obs. + sensor18 833
Museum / vouchered335
Cultivated / captive10
Other86
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO15 972 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 accuracy24% within 1 km
≤100 m 2 833≤1 km 1 248≤10 km 12 596>10 km 263
16 940 georeferenced · 1 893 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor18 833
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 accuracy28% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 35≤10 km 133>10 km 4
190 georeferenced · 145 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence335
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 6
6 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living10
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 institutions30 of 58 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
34
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
29
Salzburg, AT
27
Bern, CH
25
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
20
LDlocation not on record
19
Chicago, US
17
Oskarshamn, SE
11
MAlocation not on record
10
BClocation not on record
9
Porrentruy, CH
7
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
7
Glarus, CH
6
Wlocation not on record
6
St. Paul, US
5
BDBClocation not on record
4
Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record
4
Badajoz, ES
4
GJOlocation not on record
4
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
4
Philadelphia, US
4
Barcelona, ES
3
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
3
CJBGlocation not on record
3
Karlsruhe, DE
3
SZUlocation not on record
3
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
3
Sevilla, ES
2
BRNUlocation not on record
2
San Sebastián, ES
2
Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record
2
Madrid, ES
2
València, ES
2
Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Frankfurt am Main
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Görlitz, DE
2
Sion, CH
1
Granada, ES
1
Sant Julià de Lòria, AD
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Olocation not on record
1
Bourges, FR
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Alicante, ES
1
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record
1
Tilburg, NL
1
CICYTEXlocation not on record
1
Boise, US
1
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
1
Salamanca, ES
1
Sede dell'Orto botanico del Museo di Storia naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Parmalocation not on record
1
Monastir, TN
1
Zürich, CH
1
BFLlocation not on record
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
58 institutions · 316 of 335 vouchered records shown · 18 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Sempervivum montanum 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
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
alpine siliceous open grassland and rocks
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 median13.1 °C 7.10–19.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.3 °C
Max temp (day)17.3 °C 11.3–23.3
Min temp (night)7.30 °C 1.10–13.5
Precipitation99.5 mm/mo 84.9–114
Air humidity59.4 % 59.0–59.7
Moisture balance-0.6 mm/mo -10.2–9.10
Vapour deficit707 Pa 470–944
Wind speed1.90 m/s 1.60–2.10
Cloud cover41.1 % 36.9–45.3
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.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility19 264 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗