Cabomba caroliniana
A.Gray · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Cabomba caroliniana's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 369 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI46 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics53 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Cabomba caroliniana is an aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America. It is a weed of national significance in Australia and on the list of invasive alien species of union concern in the EU. The latter implies that the species cannot be traded nor commercialised. Additionally, if you already had the plant in your possession before the Regulation entered into force, you should take appropriate measures to avoid the species spreading beyond your property.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction26
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment27
Physiology & chemistry19
Uses & economy15
Other traits4
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 Cabomba caroliniana 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 Cabomba caroliniana 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
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).
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 244×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · Automatic manuscript search
2n 1042×CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 261×CCDB · Automatic manuscript search
2n 341×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type5 369 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 institutions95 of 157 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Tsukuba, JP | 43 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 36 |
| Chicago, US | 30 |
| Bando, JP | 29 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 27 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 24 |
| Tampa, US | 24 |
| Madison, US | 21 |
| Bangkok, TH | 21 |
| Sanda, JP | 21 |
| Philadelphia, US | 19 |
| Durham, US | 18 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 16 |
| Odawara, JP | 14 |
| Chiba, JP | 13 |
| Fort Worth, US | 13 |
| Austin, US | 13 |
| Philadelphia, US | 12 |
| Columbia, US | 12 |
| New Haven, US | 11 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 11 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 11 |
| Bronx, US | 11 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 10 |
| Palmerston, AU | 9 |
| US | 9 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 8 |
| Salvador, BR | 8 |
| College Park, US | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 8 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| Portland, US | 7 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 7 |
| Tokushima, JP | 7 |
| Jackson, US | 7 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 6 |
| JP | 6 |
| Saint Louis, US | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Tomioka, JP | 5 |
| Miami, US | 5 |
| Durango, MX | 5 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Bloomington, US | 5 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| GAlocation not on record | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 5 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Little Rock, US | 4 |
| Kochi, JP | 4 |
| Mississippi State, US | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 4 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 4 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 4 |
| Blumenau, BR | 4 |
| Corvallis, US | 3 |
| La Trobe Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Osaka, JP | 3 |
| Auckland, NZ | 3 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| LDlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 3 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 3 |
| Brisbane, AU | 3 |
| Corrientes, AR | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Nagano City, JP | 2 |
| Hokkaido University Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Millersville, US | 2 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canadalocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| Staten Island, US | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Universidad Católica de Santa Maríalocation not on record | 2 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 2 |
| GB | 2 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Knoxville, US | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fairfax, US | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Lincoln, US | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Berlin, DE | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Longwood Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| Davis, US | 1 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Washington, US | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| Universidade do Estado de Mato Grossolocation not on record | 1 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 1 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 1 |
| New Brunswick, US | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Arcata, US | 1 |
| Norfolk, US | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Kensington, AU | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hobart, AU | 1 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Cabomba caroliniana 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.