Arthrocaulon macrostachyum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Arthrocaulon

At a glance

Occurrence records2 172

Data sources6

Biological traits21

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Arthrocaulon macrostachyum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 172 records↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page5 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources21 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS5 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 172 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 36

01Narrative

Arthrocaulon macrostachyum, synonym Arthrocnemum macrostachyum, is a species of flowering plant in the amaranth family. It is native to coastal areas of the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea and parts of the Middle East, where it grows in coastal and inland salt marshes, alkali flats, and other habitats with saline soils.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Size & morphology2

Plant height max1.5 m

Plant height min0.5 m

Life cycle & reproduction6

Flower colouryellow

Flowering endMay

Flowering startApr

Life formsemisucculent subshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max100 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Leaf formscale-like

Succulenceyes

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Leaf arrangementopposite

03Chemical composition5 compounds

Compounds documented for Arthrocaulon macrostachyum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile2 classes

Aporphine alkaloids $ Isoquinoline alkaloids $ Tetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids4

Aminoacids1

Documented compounds5 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
7-N orcarnegine	present	LOTUS
Betaine	present	LOTUS
Carnegine, (+)-	present	LOTUS
Carnegine, (S)-	present	LOTUS
N-Methylisosalsoline	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Arthrocaulon macrostachyum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Arthrocaulon macrostachyum 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 = 36 n = 18

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records18–362n range36median36mode18records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 3616×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +5

CCDB · iber-fl — Contribuiao para o conhecimento citotaxonmico das spermatophyta de Portugal. X. Chenopodiaceae. Queirs, M.Bol. Soc. Brot. ser. 249: 121-142(1975).

CCDB · iber-fl — Datos cariolgicos y taxonmicos sobre las Salicorninae A.J. Scott ibricas. Castroviejo, S. & P. Coello.Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid37(1): 41-73(1980).

CCDB · fl-europaea — Castro & Fontes, 1946

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Queirós, M. 1985. Números cromosómicos para a flora Portuguesa. 86-103. Bol. Soc. Brot. 58: 85–96.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Queiros, M. 1975. Contribuicao para o conhecimento citotaxonomico das Spermatophyta de Portugal. X. Chenopodiaceae. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2 49: 121–142.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — LABADIE, J. 1976a. Contribution à l'etude caryosystematique des espeees halophiles du littoral languedocier (plus precisement, especes appartenant à la classe des Salicornietea). These, Universite du Languedoc. 222 pp.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — CONTANDRIOPOULOS, J. 1968. Apropos des nombres chromosomiques des Salicornia de la region mediterraneenne. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Marseille) 28: 45-52.

CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Castro, D. de & Fontes, F.C. 1946 (D. 1955) ; Contandriopoulos, J. 1968 ; Labadie, J.P. 1976

CCDB · book-fedorov — Castro, Fontes 1946

CCDB · book-fedorov — D. 1955)

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Castro & F. 1946

CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Castroviejo, S. & Coello, P. (1980). Datos cariológicos y taxonómicos sobre las Salicorniinae A.J. Scott ibéricas. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 37(1): 41-73.

CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Runemark, H. (1996). Mediterranean chromosome number reports-6 Fl. Medit. 6: 223-243.

2n 182×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ghaffari, S. M. 2006. Chromosome numbers and karyotype analyses of species of subfamily Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae) from Iran. Iran. J. Bot. 12(2): 128–135.

CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Ghaffari, S. M. (2006a). New or rare chromosome counts of some angiosperm species from Iran Iran. J. Bot. 11(2): 185–192

n 181×CCDB · iber-fl

CCDB · iber-fl — Primeiro contacto citolgico com a flora halfila dos salgados de Sacavm. Castro, D. & F. Carvalho Fontes.Brotria Ci. Nat.15(1): 38-46(1946).

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 172 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 970

Museum / vouchered147

Other55

Origin

Native11

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 904 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 accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 763≤1 km 480≤10 km 53>10 km 12

1 308 georeferenced · 662 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 970

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 accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 2≤10 km 3

11 georeferenced · 136 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence147

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 institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record	98
Berlin, DE	9
Wlocation not on record	9
BDBClocation not on record	8
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	6
GJOlocation not on record	4
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	3
BRNUlocation not on record	1
Xiamen, CN	1

9 institutions · 139 of 147 vouchered records shown · 8 without an institution code

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Arthrocaulon macrostachyum

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology2

Life cycle & reproduction6

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment10

Physiology & chemistry1

Other traits1

Compound class profile2 classes

Documented compounds5 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type2 172 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Record type2 172 records