Atriplex polycarpa, the allscale, (or all-scale) cattle spinach, allscale saltbush, or cattle saltbush, is a plant in the family Amaranthaceae. It is native to the Southwestern United States, California, and northern Mexico. This species blooms in July and August.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Atriplex polycarpa has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections2
Countries1
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.
★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualAtriplex polycarpa 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 size1 486 560 000 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 Atriplex polycarpa1.49 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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 967≤1 km 81≤10 km 44>10 km 45
1 137 georeferenced · 458 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor1 595
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 accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 130≤1 km 150≤10 km 184>10 km 18
482 georeferenced · 708 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 190
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 institutions49 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Claremont, US
249
San Diego, US
162
Riverside, US
145
ASUlocation not on record
72
Santa Barbara, US
51
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
33
CASlocation not on record
33
San Luis Obispo, US
29
Phoenix, US
26
Mexico City, MX
22
Davis, US
21
Henderson, US
18
Flagstaff, US
18
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
18
Bronx, US
17
Mexico City, MX
15
Irvine, US
15
Austin, US
12
Ensenada, MX
11
US
10
Saint Louis, US
9
Los Angeles, US
9
La Paz, MX
8
Arcata, US
6
Angwin, US
6
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
6
Durango, MX
5
EL PASO, US
5
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
5
Tampa, US
5
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
4
Logan, US
4
Hermosillo, MX
4
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
4
Provo, US
4
San Jose, US
3
Long Beach, US
3
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
3
Boise, US
3
Moscow, US
3
Kew, GB
2
Pullman, US
2
Chapingo, MX
2
Orem, US
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
INFlocation not on record
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
2
San Angelo, US
2
USONlocation not on record
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Denver, US
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
College Park, US
1
US
1
Macomb, US
1
US
1
Fullerton, US
1
Northridge, US
1
San Francisco, US
1
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
1
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Austin, US
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Portland, US
1
BCMEXlocation not on record
1
Durango, US
1
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
1
68 institutions · 1 113 of 1 190 vouchered records shown · 77 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA2 detections
Where the DNA of Atriplex polycarpa 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 found2
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 2 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median19.1 °C 19.1–19.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.0 °C
Max temp (day)26.7 °C
Min temp (night)12.7 °C
Precipitation12.2 mm/mo
Air humidity41.1 %
Moisture balance-134 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,303 Pa
Wind speed2.30 m/s
Cloud cover14.1 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 787 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 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↗