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 wyomingica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens15
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections15
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Xanthoparmelia wyomingica voucher 20175500 internal transcribed spacer 1, partial sequence; 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
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.
★ITS10★ITS1
fungal barcode
07Deep time~1.44 Ma lineage
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
DNA clock origin1.44 Ma TimeTree
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type478 records
Wild obs. + sensor20
Museum / vouchered458
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO1 248 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 accuracy70% within 1 km
≤100 m 6≤1 km 1≤10 km 1>10 km 2
10 georeferenced · 10 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor20
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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 50≤10 km 20>10 km 4
75 georeferenced · 383 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence458
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 institutions28 of 45 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
70
Boise, US
56
Bozeman, US
45
Vancouver, CA
34
Madison, US
29
Chicago, US
24
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
20
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
18
St. Paul, US
15
Bronx, US
13
Wuzhou, CN
12
Durham, US
9
US
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
Weber State Universitylocation not on record
6
Berlin, DE
6
Stockholm, SE
5
Santa Barbara, US
5
WTUlocation not on record
5
LDlocation not on record
5
Chapel Hill, US
5
PHlocation not on record
4
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
4
Uppsala, SE
4
Slovak National Museumlocation not on record
3
US
3
Fort Hayslocation not on record
3
ILLSlocation not on record
2
Orem, US
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
EL PASO, US
2
Logan, US
2
Bergen, NO
1
Pocatello, US
1
Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record
1
Henderson, US
1
Davis, US
1
Portland, US
1
Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
Minia, EG
1
San Diego, US
1
Albuquerque, US
1
45 institutions · 440 of 458 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA15 detections
Where the DNA of Xanthoparmelia wyomingica 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 found15
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 15 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 11 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 Facility478 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics15 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗