Arctium tomentosum
Mill. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Arctium tomentosum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility82 008 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Arctium tomentosum, commonly known as the woolly burdock or downy burdock, is a species of burdock belonging to the family Asteraceae.- Euro+Med PlantBase - The information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. The species was described by Philip Miller in 1768.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology19
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry8
Other traits2
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 Arctium tomentosum 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 Arctium tomentosum 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 3628×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iapt +8
n 02×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
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
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.
Record type82 008 records
Origin
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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions77 of 144 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 2 026 |
| LDlocation not on record | 246 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 213 |
| Olocation not on record | 199 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 191 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 152 |
| Kuopio, FI | 115 |
| Oulu, FI | 104 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 92 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 91 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 86 |
| Turku, FI | 85 |
| Salzburg, AT | 82 |
| Tartu, EE | 75 |
| Uppsala, SE | 75 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 69 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 63 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 56 |
| Görlitz, DE | 49 |
| Trondheim, NO | 33 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 33 |
| Beijing, CN | 33 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 29 |
| Mlocation not on record | 28 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 26 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 24 |
| Yangling, CN | 23 |
| Berlin, DE | 23 |
| Bern, CH | 23 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 22 |
| Bergen, NO | 20 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 19 |
| Zürich, CH | 18 |
| WINlocation not on record | 16 |
| Urumqi, CN | 16 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 15 |
| Philadelphia, US | 14 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 13 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 13 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 12 |
| Madison, US | 12 |
| Burlington, US | 12 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 10 |
| Helsinki, FI | 10 |
| Porvoo, FI | 10 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tallinn, EE | 9 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 8 |
| Palacký University in Olomouclocation not on record | 7 |
| South Kensington, GB | 7 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 7 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 7 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 6 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 6 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 6 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 6 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 5 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 5 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 4 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| München, DE | 4 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Nanjing, CN | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| New Haven, US | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| Bronx, US | 4 |
| Québec, CA | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 3 |
| Corvallis, US | 3 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Kunming, CN | 3 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| St. Paul, US | 2 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Lausanne, CH | 2 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Urumqi, CN | 2 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 1 |
| SGAV-and-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Dunkellocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chengdu, CN | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Oswego, US | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Emporia, US | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Forssa, FI | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| B.A. Bennett Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Arctium tomentosum 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.