Centaurea phrygia
speciesAt a glance
Sources6 archives
Databases and archives Centaurea phrygia's data was compiled from.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility13 378 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI23 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics76 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
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 Centaurea phrygia 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 Centaurea phrygia 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 222×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
Record type13 378 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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions27 of 66 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 334 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 253 |
| Tartu, EE | 151 |
| Kuopio, FI | 148 |
| Oulu, FI | 101 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 65 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 57 |
| Görlitz, DE | 46 |
| LDlocation not on record | 42 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 31 |
| Turku, FI | 26 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 26 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 21 |
| Uppsala, SE | 17 |
| Tallinn, EE | 14 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 13 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 12 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 11 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 9 |
| Porvoo, FI | 9 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 8 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 7 |
| Wlocation not on record | 5 |
| Helsinki, FI | 5 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 4 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| St. Paul, US | 4 |
| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Vascular Plant Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Philadelphia, US | 3 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural History, Botanical Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 3 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Salamanca, ES | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 2 |
| Trondheim, NO | 2 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 2 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| NTNU University Museum, Department of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Palacký University in Olomouclocation not on record | 1 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Centaurea phrygia 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.