Smilax pumila, the sarsaparilla vine, is a North American species of plants native to the southeastern United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map Smilax pumila is a prickly vine or subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It either runs along the ground or clambers up other vegetation. Flowers are yellow; fruits red and egg-shaped.Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 476 Sarsaparilla vine Smilax pumila Walter, Fl. Carol. 244. 1788.
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 Smilax pumila has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections2
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type3 030 records
Wild obs. + sensor2 684
Museum / vouchered346
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 004 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 accuracy85% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 577≤1 km 267≤10 km 108>10 km 221
2 173 georeferenced · 511 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 684
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 accuracy41% within 1 km
≤100 m 28≤1 km 32≤10 km 60>10 km 28
148 georeferenced · 198 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence346
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 institutions31 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Jackson, US
39
Tampa, US
37
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
25
BAYLUlocation not on record
20
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
19
Miami, US
16
US
15
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
15
GAlocation not on record
13
Columbia, US
11
Tuscaloosa, US
10
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
9
Austin, US
9
Bloomington, US
8
Wuzhou, CN
8
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
7
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
6
Bronx, US
6
Clemson, US
6
Fort Worth, US
5
Bangkok, TH
4
AUAlocation not on record
4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
Mississippi State, US
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
3
Burlington, US
2
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
2
Auckland, NZ
2
Saint Louis, US
2
Chapel Hill, US
2
Little Rock, US
2
GB
2
Dekalb, US
2
San Angelo, US
1
Kew, GB
1
Williamsburg, US
1
Philadelphia, US
1
PHlocation not on record
1
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Knoxville, US
1
Green Bay, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Due West, US
1
Lubbock, US
1
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Flagstaff, US
1
50 institutions · 337 of 346 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Smilax pumila 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
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 030 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗