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 Anthurium oxybelium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAnthurium oxybelium 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.
Chromosomes2n = 28 n = 14
Ploidydiploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
n 142×CCDB · araceae
CCDB · araceae — Petersen, 1989
CCDB · araceae — Sheffer & Croat, 1983
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy63% within 1 km
≤100 m 4≤1 km 1≤10 km 2>10 km 1
8 georeferenced · 272 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor280
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 accuracy19% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 21≤10 km 85>10 km 6
113 georeferenced · 549 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence662
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions19 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
178
Xiamen, CN
57
Bronx, US
37
Loja, EC
37
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
34
QCNElocation not on record
33
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
25
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
22
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
19
HUAlocation not on record
15
Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record
15
Aarhus, DK
14
Chicago, US
14
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
12
Göteborg, SE
10
Fundación Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe de Medellín (JBM)location not on record
9
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
9
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record
9
Stockholm, SE
8
IAvHlocation not on record
7
CASlocation not on record
6
Kew, GB
6
COLlocation not on record
6
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record
6
Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record
5
Cambridge, US
5
arosemena tola, EC
5
CUVClocation not on record
4
Quito, EC
4
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
4
QAPlocation not on record
3
UTPLlocation not on record
3
Wayland Universitylocation not on record
2
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
2
Llocation not on record
2
MEXUlocation not on record
2
Regione Sardegnalocation not on record
2
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
1
Tuscaloosa, US
1
Madison, US
1
Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record
1
Plocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record
1
Universidad de Nariñolocation not on record
1
Cuenca, EC
1
Zlocation not on record
1
FMBlocation not on record
1
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
1
Mlocation not on record
1
Glocation not on record
1
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Kameyama Botanical Gardenlocation not on record
1
Ulocation not on record
1
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
1
Corrientes, AR
1
Cambridge, US
1
59 institutions · 653 of 662 vouchered records shown · 9 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility943 records↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗