Caroxylon imbricatum

(Forssk.) Akhani & Roalson · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Caroxylon

At a glance

Occurrence records517

Data sources8

Biological traits18

DNA specimens20

eDNA detections8

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Caroxylon imbricatum's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility517 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics20 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources18 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS23 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF517 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries8 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD20 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

Caroxylon imbricatum, synonym Salsola imbricata, is a small species of shrub in the family Amaranthaceae. It grows in deserts and arid regions of north Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Asia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height1 m

Plant height max1.22 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass0.963 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering endSep

Flowering startJun

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max700 m

Elevation min400 m

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: xerohalophyte

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC4

03Chemical composition23 compounds

Compounds documented for Caroxylon imbricatum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Oleanane triterpenoids9

Cinnamic acid amides6

Ursane and Taraxastane triterpenoids3

Oleanane triterpenoids $ Ursane and Taraxastane triterpenoids1

Unsaturated fatty acids1

Documented compounds23 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1R,2R,4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12R,12aR,14bS)-1,10,11,12-tetrahydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-2,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(1R,4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8R,8aR,9R,10R,11R,12aR,14bS)-8,10,11-trihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-1,6a,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-2-methylidene-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4R,5S,6S)-6-[[(3S,6aR,6bS,8aR,11R,14bR)-11-(hydroxymethyl)-4,4,6a,6b,11,14b-hexamethyl-8a-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(3S,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4R,5S,6S)-6-[[(3S,6aR,6bS,8aS,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,14b-pentamethyl-11-methylidene-8a-[(2R,3S,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(3S,4R,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-[[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aS,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,14b-pentamethyl-11-methylidene-8a-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxycarbonyl-1,2,3,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-tetradecahydropicen-3-yl]oxy]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,3S,4S,5R,6R)-6-{[(3S,4aR,6aR,6bS,8aS,12aS,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,11,11,14b-heptamethyl-8a-({[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy}carbonyl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,6b,7,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,14,14a,14b-icosahydropicen-3-yl]oxy}-3,4-dihydroxy-5-{[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy}oxane-2-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(2S,4aR,6aR,6aS,6bR,8aR,9S,10S,12aS,13S,14bS)-10,13-dihydroxy-2,9-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,6a,6b,9,12a-pentamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8R,8aR,10S,12aS,13S,14bS)-8,13-dihydroxy-9,9-bis(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,12a-pentamethyl-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(4aS,6aR,6aS,6bR,8S,8aR,9S,10S,12aR,14bS)-8,10-dihydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid	present	LOTUS
(E)-N-[(2S)-2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethyl]-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-enamide	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding20 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 Caroxylon imbricatum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens20

Marker genes4

eDNA detections8

Countries2

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.

★matK★rbcL★ITS★ITS2

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Caroxylon imbricatum 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 = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records18–182n range18median18mode2records

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

2n 182×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · iapt

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MURIN, A., & I.I. CHAUDHRI. 1970. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXVI. Taxon 19: 264-269. 70-322 NAG, K.K., & B.M. JOHRI. 1969. Organogenesis and chromosomal constitution in embryo callus of Nuytsia floribunda. Phytomorphology 19: 405-408.

CCDB · iapt — IAPT/IOPB Chromosome Data 27

n 91×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Khatoon, S. & S. I. Ali. 1993. Chromosome Atlas of the Angiosperms of Pakistan. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type517 records

Wild obs. + sensor494

Museum / vouchered23

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 312 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 accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 165≤1 km 19≤10 km 16>10 km 8

208 georeferenced · 286 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor494

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 23 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

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

Institution	Specimens
Sharjah Seed Bank & Herbariumlocation not on record	8
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	7
MeiseBGlocation not on record	2

3 institutions · 17 of 23 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA8 detections

Where the DNA of Caroxylon imbricatum 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 found8

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 8 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 median20.0 °C 18.3–28.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter16.7 °C

Max temp (day)25.3 °C 23.5–36.0

Min temp (night)14.4 °C 12.7–21.7

Precipitation17.4 mm/mo 6.40–28.3

Air humidity55.1 % 45.2–56.6

Moisture balance-84.6 mm/mo -156–-59.5

Vapour deficit1,017 Pa 955–2,271

Wind speed2.70 m/s 1.90–3.30

Cloud cover18.7 % 14.9–20.7

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · 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.

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