Aposeris foetida
(L.) Less. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Aposeris foetida's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility28 446 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Aposeris is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Cassini. 1827. Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles [Second edition 48: 427] in FrenchTropicos, Aposeris Necker ex Cassini There is only one known species, Aposeris foetida, widespread across much of Europe.Altervista Flora Italiana, Lattuga fetida, Aposeris foetida (L.) Less. includes photos and distribution map The name was first coined by Necker in 1790, but all names in that publication have been declared rejected. Therefore Cassini's 1827 usage is considered the validation of the name. Cassini did not, however, did not validly republish Necker's species name, so Lessing is credited with the formal recombinationFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment4
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits1
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 Aposeris foetida has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ 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.
The complete instruction manual Aposeris foetida 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.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
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.
2n 1614×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +4
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
Record type28 446 records
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions19 of 51 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BFLlocation not on record | 605 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 285 |
| Salzburg, AT | 188 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 38 |
| Lausanne, CH | 35 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 30 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 25 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 25 |
| LDlocation not on record | 24 |
| Görlitz, DE | 23 |
| Mlocation not on record | 22 |
| Zürich, CH | 20 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 19 |
| Bern, CH | 17 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 15 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 15 |
| Wlocation not on record | 12 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 8 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 8 |
| Zürich, CH | 7 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 7 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| PRClocation not on record | 6 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 5 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 4 |
| Sion, CH | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 4 |
| München, DE | 3 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Herb. BBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Palacký University in Olomouclocation not on record | 2 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| Regensburgische Botanische Gesellschaftlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Aposeris foetida 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
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
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.