Xanthoparmelia lineola, commonly known as the tight rock-shield, is a foliose lichen species in the genus Xanthoparmelia. It is a common species with a temperate distribution. Found in North America and South Africa, it grows on rocks.
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 Xanthoparmelia lineola has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens16
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections16
Countries2
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.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 354 records
Wild obs. + sensor17
Museum / vouchered1 337
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 168 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 accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 1≤10 km 1
8 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor17
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 accuracy46% within 1 km
≤100 m 37≤1 km 76≤10 km 116>10 km 15
244 georeferenced · 1 093 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 337
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 institutions29 of 49 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
ASUlocation not on record
499
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
125
Madison, US
99
Wuzhou, CN
86
St. Paul, US
82
Chicago, US
49
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
46
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
37
Mexico City, MX
34
Bozeman, US
28
US
24
Bronx, US
22
EL PASO, US
20
LDlocation not on record
20
Canberra, AU
17
Durham, US
14
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
13
PHlocation not on record
11
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
9
Santa Barbara, US
7
Berlin, DE
7
Hobart, AU
7
Boise, US
7
Logan, US
6
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record
5
FLASlocation not on record
5
Albuquerque, US
4
San Diego, US
4
Auckland, NZ
3
Olocation not on record
3
Stockholm, SE
3
Uppsala, SE
3
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
2
AUAlocation not on record
1
WTUlocation not on record
1
UFMSlocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
ILLSlocation not on record
1
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Adelaide, AU
1
Bergen, NO
1
US
1
Minia, EG
1
University of Gdansklocation not on record
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
49 institutions · 1 319 of 1 337 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA16 detections
Where the DNA of Xanthoparmelia lineola 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 found16
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 16 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 median12.5 °C 12.5–12.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.0 °C
Max temp (day)18.4 °C
Min temp (night)8.20 °C
Precipitation79.6 mm/mo
Air humidity57.3 %
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo
Vapour deficit733 Pa
Wind speed5.80 m/s
Cloud cover36.7 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 15 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 354 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI16 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗