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 Spiranthes australis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes2
eDNA detections4
Countries1
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 622 records
Wild obs. + sensor3 534
Museum / vouchered1 084
Cultivated / captive4
Origin
Native534
Introduced2
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO10 752 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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 789≤1 km 496≤10 km 200>10 km 485
2 970 georeferenced · 564 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor3 534
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 accuracy36% within 1 km
≤100 m 95≤1 km 176≤10 km 449>10 km 42
762 georeferenced · 322 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 084
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤10 km 1
4 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living4
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 36 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Canberra, AU
271
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
152
Mount Annan, AU
134
Brisbane, AU
72
Adelaide, AU
65
South Kensington, GB
58
Armidale, AU
55
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
49
Hobart, AU
42
Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record
40
Christchurch, NZ
38
Bronx, US
12
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record
11
Cambridge, US
9
QVMAGlocation not on record
8
NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record
7
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
7
Tianjin Natural History Museumlocation not on record
7
Smithfield, AU
6
Taipei, TW
5
Taiyuan Normal Universitylocation not on record
4
Harvard Universitylocation not on record
3
Wollongong, AU
3
Saint Louis, US
3
Philadelphia, US
3
BRNUlocation not on record
3
Pondicherry, IN
3
Parkville, AU
2
Peking Universitylocation not on record
2
Wellington, NZ
2
Burlington, US
1
Nanjing, CN
1
Beijing, CN
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
Dublin, IE
1
36 institutions · 1 082 of 1 084 vouchered records shown · 2 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 DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Spiranthes australis 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median15.0 °C 15.0–15.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.7 °C
Max temp (day)18.5 °C
Min temp (night)10.3 °C
Precipitation110 mm/mo
Air humidity59.9 %
Moisture balance26.2 mm/mo
Vapour deficit726 Pa
Wind speed2.30 m/s
Cloud cover45.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
