Alternanthera bettzickiana, commonly known as calico-plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is commonly used as an ornamental edging plant. Native to South America, its cultivar 'Red' is similar in appearance to some of the Alternanthera dentata and Alternanthera brasiliana varieties.
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 Alternanthera bettzickiana 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
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAlternanthera bettzickiana 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.
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy87% within 1 km
≤100 m 74≤1 km 15≤10 km 2>10 km 11
102 georeferenced · 44 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor146
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 accuracy62% within 1 km
≤100 m 19≤1 km 4≤10 km 11>10 km 3
37 georeferenced · 160 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence197
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 institutions27 of 53 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Durango, MX
23
Taipei, TW
18
TAIElocation not on record
15
Saint Louis, US
13
Bronx, US
10
Taipei, TW
8
Beijing, CN
8
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
8
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
5
Guilin, CN
4
Kew, GB
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
3
Xiamen, CN
3
Brasília, BR
2
Cenargenlocation not on record
2
Taipei, TW
2
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH)location not on record
2
QAUlocation not on record
2
IAPlocation not on record
2
Paris, FR
2
Madison, US
2
Guangzhou, CN
2
Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record
1
Institut Botanique Ake-Assi d'Andokoilocation not on record
1
Denver, US
1
Ilhéus, BR
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Miami, US
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record
1
JBRJlocation not on record
1
Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
Quito, EC
1
Managua, NI
1
MYFlocation not on record
1
GB
1
Mérida, MX
1
Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record
1
Kunming, CN
1
La Paz, BO
1
Utah Tech Universitylocation not on record
1
Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record
1
Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
53 institutions · 173 of 197 vouchered records shown · 24 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Alternanthera bettzickiana 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 median22.0 °C 22.0–22.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter7.20 °C
Max temp (day)25.9 °C
Min temp (night)18.2 °C
Precipitation0.9 mm/mo
Air humidity50.7 %
Vapour deficit1,294 Pa
Cloud cover12.6 %
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 Foundation7 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility395 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype