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 Sphagnum cuspidatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens23
Marker genes9
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections14
Countries7
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.
The complete instruction manualSphagnum cuspidatum carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Genome size430 320 000 bp
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Sphagnum cuspidatum0.43 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type36 484 records
Wild obs. + sensor29 220
Museum / vouchered7 247
Cultivated / captive8
Other9
Origin
Native1 736
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO47 664 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 accuracy74% within 1 km
≤100 m 10 992≤1 km 5 308≤10 km 5 626>10 km 72
21 998 georeferenced · 7 222 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor29 220
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 accuracy43% within 1 km
≤100 m 285≤1 km 1 720≤10 km 2 107>10 km 512
4 624 georeferenced · 2 623 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7 247
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
>10 km 8
8 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living8
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 institutions73 of 141 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
1 648
Durham, US
741
Trondheim, NO
463
Uppsala, SE
429
Knoxville, US
292
Université Lavallocation not on record
246
Bronx, US
196
Brussel, BE
180
LDlocation not on record
171
MeiseBGlocation not on record
160
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Researchlocation not on record
144
Saint Louis, US
141
New Haven, US
116
Vancouver, CA
116
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
115
Frankfurt am Main
112
Tartu, EE
99
Ann Arbor, US
99
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
80
University of Gdansklocation not on record
76
Olocation not on record
72
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
69
PHlocation not on record
67
Philadelphia, US
65
Madison, US
53
TROMlocation not on record
49
Tilburg, NL
46
Universidad de Oviedolocation not on record
46
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
44
Chicago, US
43
South Kensington, GB
41
Tallinn, EE
35
Helsinki, FI
34
MAlocation not on record
31
Minia, EG
31
SZUlocation not on record
26
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
26
Cincinnati, US
25
Monastir, TN
25
CASlocation not on record
24
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
19
Oulu, FI
19
IFR-DNFlocation not on record
17
Edmonton, CA
17
HUAlocation not on record
15
Paris, FR
15
Kuopio, FI
15
WTUlocation not on record
14
Madrid, ES
14
Puerto Ayora, EC
14
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
14
Montréal, CA
14
IPA/SPlocation not on record
13
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
12
Ulocation not on record
12
JBRJlocation not on record
12
Stockholm, SE
11
Oskarshamn, SE
10
Blacksburg, US
9
Zürich, CH
9
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
9
Fort Hayslocation not on record
9
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
8
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
8
Buenos Aires, AR
8
New Brunswick, US
8
Durham, US
8
Morgantown, US
7
Xiamen, CN
7
BRNUlocation not on record
7
Tsukuba, JP
7
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
6
Frauenfeld, CH
6
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record
6
Columbia, US
6
Salzburg, AT
5
Pittsburg, US
5
Hudson, US
5
Missoula, US
5
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
5
Chapel Hill, US
5
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record
5
College Park, US
4
Umeå Universitylocation not on record
4
UnBlocation not on record
4
Moscow, US
4
Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record
4
Turku, FI
4
Blumenau, BR
4
La Paz, BO
3
Berlin, DE
3
Salamanca, ES
3
Bourges, FR
3
Toyama, JP
3
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record
3
Portland, US
3
Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record
3
US
3
nbflocation not on record
3
Wlocation not on record
3
CBDClocation not on record
3
Miami, US
2
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
2
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
2
National Museum of Natural Sciencelocation not on record
2
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record
2
GJOlocation not on record
2
UFPRlocation not on record
2
Yugra State University Biological Collectionlocation not on record
2
Barcelona, ES
2
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
2
UFPElocation not on record
1
Clemson, US
1
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellínlocation not on record
1
Jyväskylä, FI
1
International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record
1
Universidad de Nariñolocation not on record
1
Henderson, US
1
Plocation not on record
1
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Metsähallituslocation not on record
1
Tromso University Museumlocation not on record
1
Forssa, FI
1
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
1
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
Pretoria, ZA
1
Cambridge, US
1
Naturama Aargaulocation not on record
1
St. Paul, US
1
BioFokuslocation not on record
1
COLlocation not on record
1
Lincoln, US
1
EL PASO, US
1
AADClocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
UFABClocation not on record
1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
1
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
141 institutions · 7 010 of 7 247 vouchered records shown · 236 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 DNA14 detections
Where the DNA of Sphagnum cuspidatum 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 found14
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 14 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
Open raised bog; submerged in pool
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 median11.1 °C 6.60–22.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.9 °C
Max temp (day)14.7 °C 8.30–24.3
Min temp (night)7.80 °C 3.10–20.4
Precipitation98.8 mm/mo 83.1–147
Air humidity62.4 % 58.3–65.1
Moisture balance70.0 mm/mo
Vapour deficit580 Pa 343–1,168
Wind speed5.90 m/s
Cloud cover44.7 % 30.1–62.1
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility36 484 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.43 Gbp↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗