Carex michelii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Cyperaceae/Carex

At a glance

Occurrence records4 206

Data sources7

Biological traits21

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Carex michelii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation7 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 206 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

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

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

On this page5 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 & distributionGBIF4 206 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT381 Mbp

01Narrative

Carex michelii is a species of sedge (family Cyperaceae), native to central, southern and eastern Europe, Turkey, the Caucasus, and Iran. It is typically found in semiarid grasslands.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesLEDAGIFTWCVPTRY

Size & morphology3

Plant height0.261 m

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.15 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Deciduousnessaestival

⚠ sources differ — TRY: aestival · GIFT: deciduous

Life formperennial or rhizomatous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment8

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: Grasses&Sedges

Habitat GIFTforest, shrubberies

Mycorrhiza typenon-ectomycorrhizal

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry4

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)299 mg/g

Leaf n14.31 mg/g

Leaf p1.3 mg/g

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Diaspore typefruit with appendage

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 Carex michelii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Carex michelii 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 size381 420 000 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 Carex michelii0.38 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.

Chromosomes2n = 62 n = 31

Chromosome records40–622n range62median62mode6records

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

2n 625×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · fl-europaea — Druskevic, ined.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Druskevi;aac. 1982. In D.M. Moore, Flora Europaea Check-list and Chromosome Index. Cambridge Univ. Press. Pp. 353–358.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Druskovic, B. 1995. IOPB chromosome data 9. Int. Organ. Pl. Biosyst. Newslett. (Zurich) 24: 11–14.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Stoeva, M. 2000. Mediterranean chromosome number reports 10 (1213--1226). Fl. Medit. 10: 423–430.

2n 401×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Toderash, L. G. 1979. Chromosome numbers of four species of the genus Carex L. (Cyperaceae). Izv. Akad. Nauk Moldavsk. S.S.R., Ser. Biol. Khim. Nauk 4: 82–87.

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type4 206 records

Wild obs. + sensor3 099

Museum / vouchered767

Other340

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO7 268 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 accuracy83% within 1 km

≤100 m 724≤1 km 389≤10 km 178>10 km 50

1 341 georeferenced · 1 758 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor3 099

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 accuracy54% within 1 km

≤100 m 92≤1 km 173≤10 km 213>10 km 9

487 georeferenced · 280 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence767

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 institutions14 of 36 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	198
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record	144
BRNUlocation not on record	81
GJOlocation not on record	65
Wlocation not on record	51
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	41
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	20
Salzburg, AT	19
PRClocation not on record	18
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record	13
LDlocation not on record	11
Yerevan, AM	9
Oregon State Universitylocation not on record	9
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	8
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	7
Berlin, DE	6
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record	6
SZUlocation not on record	5
Oskarshamn, SE	5
Görlitz, DE	4
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record	3
Dresden, DE	3
Frankfurt am Main	2
Durham, US	1
Tilburg, NL	1
Uppsala, SE	1
BClocation not on record	1
Auckland, NZ	1
Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record	1
Karlsruhe, DE	1
Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record	1
CJBGlocation not on record	1
Wellington, NZ	1
Podgorica, ME	1
GZUlocation not on record	1
BG-NMNHSlocation not on record	1

36 institutions · 741 of 767 vouchered records shown · 24 without an institution code

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Carex michelii

At a glance

Sources7 archives

Size & morphology3

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment8

Physiology & chemistry4

Other traits1

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type4 206 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions14 of 36 geolocated

Record type4 206 records