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Traits & measurements1 literature sources2 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF5 records
Genome at a glanceGoaT5 Gbp
02Traits & measurements
SourcesTRY
Habitat & environment2
Growth formherb
Woodinessnon-woody
05DNA & barcodingmolecular
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 Chascolytrum brizoides has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualChascolytrum brizoides 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 size4 987 800 000 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
HUMAN3.2 Gb
THIS GENOME Chascolytrum brizoides4.99 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 = 28 n = 14
Ploidy4× tetraploid · measured
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
tetraploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type5 records
Wild obs. + sensor3
Museum / vouchered2
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO20 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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 3
3 georeferenced
Open the mapobservation + sensor3
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 · 2 records without
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2
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
Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record
1
1 institutions · 1 of 2 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code
