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 Yucca has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
eDNA detections1
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.
★rbcL
plant barcode
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 217 records
Wild obs. + sensor1 554
Museum / vouchered652
Cultivated / captive6
Other5
Origin
Native54
Introduced60
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO5 668 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 accuracy66% within 1 km
≤100 m 640≤1 km 238≤10 km 425>10 km 26
1 329 georeferenced · 225 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 554
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 accuracy44% within 1 km
≤100 m 88≤1 km 50≤10 km 152>10 km 25
315 georeferenced · 337 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence652
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 4
4 georeferenced · 2 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living6
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 institutions63 of 92 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Austin, US
82
Phoenix, US
68
Fort Worth, US
48
ASUlocation not on record
42
Philadelphia, US
37
Durango, MX
36
Chicago, US
34
Mexico City, MX
21
Saint Louis, US
17
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
16
Los Angeles, US
15
Bronx, US
15
US
11
Ann Arbor, US
9
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
8
Mexico City, MX
8
Riverside, US
6
Denton, US
6
San Diego, US
6
Tampa, US
6
Hobart, AU
6
Guasave, MX
6
Austin, US
5
Auckland, NZ
5
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record
5
Santa Barbara, US
5
Linares, MX
4
Albuquerque, US
4
Chapel Hill, US
4
Columbia, US
3
Vitoria, ES
3
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
3
NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record
3
Cambridge, US
3
Claremont, US
3
SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Irvine, US
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
2
Flagstaff, US
2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
2
BClocation not on record
2
Davis, US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
San Luis Obispo, US
2
San Luis Potosí, MX
2
Logan, US
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Kew, GB
2
Nijmegen, NL
2
CASlocation not on record
2
Pullman, US
2
Córdoba, AR
1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
1
Toronto, CA
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Adelaide, AU
1
Guatemala City, GT
1
Lubbock, US
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
UFVJMlocation not on record
1
Bloomington, US
1
UFRPElocation not on record
1
Masindi, UG
1
Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record
1
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
1
Olocation not on record
1
Ciudad Juárez, MX
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record
1
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
Bogotá, D.C., CO
1
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
1
Miami, US
1
Davenport, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
Williamsburg, US
1
QCNElocation not on record
1
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
UFRRJlocation not on record
1
Seropédica, BR
1
Stockholm, SE
1
La Paz, MX
1
Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX
1
Mexico City, MX
1
San Angelo, US
1
Tuscaloosa, US
1
Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record
1
Pretoria, ZA
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
92 institutions · 627 of 652 vouchered records shown · 24 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 DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Yucca 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 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 median29.2 °C 29.2–29.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter13.9 °C
Max temp (day)32.1 °C
Min temp (night)26.0 °C
Precipitation346 mm/mo
Air humidity63.1 %
Moisture balance191 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,504 Pa
Wind speed3.70 m/s
Cloud cover25.4 %
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation17 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 217 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗