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 Asparagus asparagoides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens10
Marker genes4
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections8
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAsparagus asparagoides 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
Genome size2 347 200 000 bp
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).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Asparagus asparagoides2.35 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
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.
CCDB · ita-fl — BOZZINI A. - 1959. Revisione citosistematica del genere Asparagus L. 1:Le specie di Asparagus della flora italiana e chiavi analitiche per la loro determinazione.. Caryologia , 12(2): 199-264.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ramos Martínez, A. 1989. Aportaciones al conocimiento cariológico del género Asparagus (Liliaceae) en las Islas Canarias. Bot. Macaronés. IV, Cien. 18: 3–14.
CCDB · book-ipcn66 — Jessop 1966
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — BORGEN, L. 1969. Chromosome numbers of vascular plants from the Canary Islands, with special reference to the occurence of polyploidy. Nytt Magasin for Botanik 16: 18-121.
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 3 733≤1 km 582≤10 km 501>10 km 167
4 983 georeferenced · 1 364 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor6 347
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 accuracy84% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 47≤10 km 12
77 georeferenced · 298 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence375
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 · 221 records without
Open the mapnot free-living221
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 institutions30 of 57 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Christchurch, NZ
56
San Diego, US
46
Saint Louis, US
26
Claremont, US
22
Riverside, US
22
Kew, GB
19
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
17
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record
10
Rotorua, NZ
9
Santa Barbara, US
8
Wellington, NZ
8
San Luis Obispo, US
7
Arusha, TZ
5
MAlocation not on record
4
CASlocation not on record
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
4
BISHlocation not on record
4
Los Angeles, US
3
BDBClocation not on record
3
Mexico City, MX
3
National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record
3
Yangling, CN
2
Bronx, US
2
Uppsala, SE
2
DSMlocation not on record
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Davis, US
2
Austin, US
2
CJBGlocation not on record
2
MSB-3054location not on record
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
University of Johannesburglocation not on record
1
CICYTEXlocation not on record
1
València, ES
1
TFDlocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
PRClocation not on record
1
EL PASO, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Barcelona, ES
1
UIBlocation not on record
1
Wuzhou, CN
1
Dresden, DE
1
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
1
South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record
1
Arcata, US
1
Durban, ZA
1
Southern Highlands Conservation Programmelocation not on record
1
Clocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Durham, US
1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Xian, CN
1
Beijing, CN
1
Tampa, US
1
57 institutions · 327 of 375 vouchered records shown · 46 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA8 detections
Where the DNA of Asparagus asparagoides 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 found8
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 8 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 countries0
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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 median15.4 °C 14.6–17.0
Seasonal swing summer↔winter11.4 °C
Max temp (day)20.5 °C 18.4–21.0
Min temp (night)10.6 °C 10.4–13.3
Precipitation66.5 mm/mo 53.9–70.4
Air humidity58.7 % 57.7–62.3
Moisture balance-28.0 mm/mo -74.5–-19.2
Vapour deficit804 Pa 656–813
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.90–4.50
Cloud cover39.1 % 26.5–41.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility7 364 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 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
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗