Asperula taurina

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Asperula

At a glance

Occurrence records5 167

Data sources11

Biological traits21

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Asperula taurina's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 167 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

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↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources21 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 167 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex2n = 22

01Narrative

Asperula taurina is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It was first described in 1753 and is endemic to Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Crimea, Romania, Switzerland, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, and Montenegro. It was also introduced to Denmark, Germany, and Great Britain.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesTRYLEDAGIFTWCVP

Size & morphology4

Plant height0.35 m

Plant height max0.8 m

Plant height min0.2 m

Seed mass10.46 mg

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeself

Flowering endAug

Flowering startApr

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years2 years

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Habitat GIFTforest, mountains

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Diaspore typefruit

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 Asperula taurina has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★ITS

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex

The complete instruction manual Asperula taurina 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 = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records22–222n range22median22mode10records

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

2n 2210×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · mediterranean +5

GoaT · Tree of Sex Database — ↗

CCDB · ita-fl — KIEFT B., LOON J.C. - 1978. IOPB chromosome number reports LXII.. Taxon , 27(5/6): 524-525.

CCDB · mediterranean

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Van Loon, J. C. & B. Kieft. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVIII. Taxon 29: 538–542.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Anchev, M. E. 1982. In IOPB chromosome number reports LXXVI. Taxon 31: 596.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Anchev, M. E. 1993. Mediterranean chromosome number reports 3 (217--227). Fl. Medit. 3: 358–363.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Homeyer 1932

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · Cave1962 — Baksay 1956

TreeOfSex · plant — Goldblatt1979 ↗

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

PloiDB · family-scale — chromEvol; reliability=0.988 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type5 167 records

Wild obs. + sensor4 782

Museum / vouchered365

Cultivated / captive2

Other18

Origin

Introduced42

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO5 580 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 accuracy27% within 1 km

≤100 m 930≤1 km 143≤10 km 2 951>10 km 16

4 040 georeferenced · 742 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor4 782

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 accuracy26% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 29≤10 km 100>10 km 1

136 georeferenced · 229 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence365

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapnot free-living2

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 41 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	110
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	63
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record	37
LDlocation not on record	20
Bern, CH	15
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	15
MeiseBGlocation not on record	13
Oskarshamn, SE	7
Wlocation not on record	7
Glarus, CH	6
BRNUlocation not on record	6
Uppsala, SE	5
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	5
UGentlocation not on record	4
Mlocation not on record	4
Berlin, DE	3
BFLlocation not on record	3
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	2
MAlocation not on record	2
Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova \| Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record	2
Porrentruy, CH	2
GJOlocation not on record	2
Sion, CH	2
GZUlocation not on record	2
Universität Göttingenlocation not on record	2
València, ES	1
DBF-NHMDlocation not on record	1
Durham, US	1
Namur, BE	1
Bourges, FR	1
Bronx, US	1
Salzburg, AT	1
H-AkrKGlocation not on record	1
Wuzhou, CN	1
WTUlocation not on record	1
Salamanca, ES	1
Wellington, NZ	1
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Xiamen, CN	1
Zürich, CH	1
Zürich, CH	1

41 institutions · 355 of 365 vouchered records shown · 10 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 DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Asperula taurina 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 countries0

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.

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.

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Asperula taurina

At a glance

Sources11 archives

Size & morphology4

Life cycle & reproduction8

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment6

Physiology & chemistry1

Other traits1

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type5 167 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions19 of 41 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Record type5 167 records