Astragalus australis
(L.) Lam. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Astragalus australis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 680 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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.
Astragalus australis is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name Indian milkvetch. It is native to much of the Northern Hemisphere, including northern North America, Europe, and temperate Asia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology8
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry2
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 Astragalus australis 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 Astragalus australis 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.
2n 3212×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +3
2n 485×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · poland · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +1
2n 162×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov
n 163×CCDB · ita-fl
n 81×CCDB · Cannon, 2015
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type5 680 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions47 of 86 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Salzburg, AT | 72 |
| Bronx, US | 72 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 59 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 56 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 53 |
| Missoula, US | 43 |
| Zürich, CH | 39 |
| LDlocation not on record | 31 |
| Zürich, CH | 30 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 29 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 21 |
| Barcelona, ES | 19 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 17 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 16 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 14 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 14 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 11 |
| Bern, CH | 11 |
| MAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Vancouver, CA | 9 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 9 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Saint Louis, US | 7 |
| Boise, US | 6 |
| Dresden, DE | 6 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 6 |
| Wlocation not on record | 6 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 5 |
| BClocation not on record | 5 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 5 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 5 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 5 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 4 |
| Dhaka, BD | 4 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 4 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Salamanca, ES | 4 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 4 |
| Vitoria, ES | 4 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 4 |
| Pullman, US | 3 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 3 |
| Glarus, CH | 3 |
| Monastir, TN | 3 |
| Urumqi, CN | 3 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Victoria, CA | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow, US | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Anchorage, US | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V.location not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Spearfish, US | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Astragalus australis 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.