Butomopsis latifolia

(D.Don) Kunth · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Alismatales/Alismataceae/Butomopsis

At a glance

Occurrence records93

Data sources9

Biological traits31

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Butomopsis latifolia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility93 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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 sources31 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF93 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 14

01Narrative

Butomopsis is a genus of plants in the family Alismataceae. It contains only one species, Butomopsis latifolia.Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1868. Abhandlungen herausgegeben vom Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereine zu Bremen 2: 1& 5, Tenagocharis latifolia native to tropical Africa (from Senegal to Sudan to Mozambique), South Asia (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh), Southeast Asia (Java, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Yunnan) and northern Australia (Queensland and Northern Territory).

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPAusTraitsTRYGIFT

Size & morphology15

Fruit length9.5 mm

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 9.5 mm · GIFT: 100 mm

Fruit length max100 mm

Fruit length min100 mm

Leaf length90 mm

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 90 mm · GIFT: 100 mm

Leaf length max150 mm

Leaf length min50 mm

Leaf width40 mm

⚠ sources differ — AusTraits: 40 mm · GIFT: 30 mm

Leaf width max50 mm

Leaf width min10 mm

Petiole length14.5 cm

Plant height0.7 m

Plant height max0.305 m

Plant height min0.07 m

Seed length0.5 mm

Seed mass0.033 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Life formannual or helophyte

Life spanannual

Raunkiær life formtherophyte

Sex typehermaphrodite

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticaquatic

Climatewet tropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max850 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typefollicle

Growth formherb

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapeelliptical lanceolate oblanceolate

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding4 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 Butomopsis latifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes3

eDNA detections4

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Butomopsis latifolia 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 = 14 n = 7

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records14–142n range14median14mode3records

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

2n 143×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — SHARMA, A. K., & T. CHATTERJEE. 1967. Cytotaxonomy of Helobiae with special reference to the mode of evolution. Cytologia 32: 286-:

CCDB · book-fedorov — Rao Y. S. 1953b

CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Y. S. Rao 1953b

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type93 records

Wild obs. + sensor23

Museum / vouchered70

Origin

Native9

Introduced1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO264 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 accuracy40% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤10 km 5>10 km 1

10 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor23

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 accuracy68% within 1 km

≤100 m 11≤1 km 4≤10 km 6>10 km 1

22 georeferenced · 48 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence70

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 institutions12 of 20 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Palmerston, AU	12
Kew, GB	6
Mount Annan, AU	6
Saint Louis, US	6
Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record	5
Brisbane, AU	4
Frankfurt am Main	4
MeiseBGlocation not on record	3
Yaoundé, CM	2
Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record	2
Institut Botanique Ake-Assi d'Andokoilocation not on record	2
Copenhagen, DK	2
South Kensington, GB	2
BMlocation not on record	1
Pretoria, ZA	1
HNBlocation not on record	1
Paris, FR	1
Clocation not on record	1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record	1
Canberra, AU	1

20 institutions · 63 of 70 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Butomopsis latifolia 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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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