Chenopodium desiccatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae known by the common names aridland goosefoot and slimleaf goosefoot. It is native to parts of western North America, including sections of the Western United States and southern Western Canada. It grows naturally in open land such as prairie and dunes, chaparral, adapts well to disturbed areas such as roadsides, and in montane habitats such as in the Transverse Ranges and Sierra Nevada of California.http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3084,3147,3156 Jepson
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Chenopodium desiccatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens6
Marker genes5
GenBank sequences7
eDNA detections4
Countries3
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK3★rbcL2★rbcLa★ITS2★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualChenopodium desiccatum 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 size638 634 000 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 Chenopodium desiccatum0.64 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bassett, I. J. & C. W. CROMPTON. 1982. The genus Chenopodium in Canada. Canad. J. Bot. 60: 586–610.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Stepanov, N. V. 1994. Chromosome numbers of some higher plants taxa of the flora of Krasnoyarsk region. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 79(2): 135–139.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 7≤1 km 15≤10 km 51>10 km 1
74 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor78
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 accuracy59% within 1 km
≤100 m 21≤1 km 83≤10 km 60>10 km 13
177 georeferenced · 229 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence406
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 institutions51 of 70 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Bronx, US
39
Riverside, US
27
Albuquerque, US
23
Pullman, US
22
Flagstaff, US
22
Saint Louis, US
20
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
20
Claremont, US
17
MeiseBGlocation not on record
13
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
11
Fort Worth, US
10
Madison, US
9
Provo, US
9
Santa Barbara, US
9
Denver, US
8
Davis, US
8
Wuzhou, CN
8
ASUlocation not on record
8
San Diego, US
7
Caldwell, US
6
Bozeman, US
6
Victoria, CA
5
Angwin, US
4
Chicago, US
4
St. Paul, US
4
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
3
Boise, US
3
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
3
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
3
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
3
Corvallis, US
3
US
2
Lubbock, US
2
Columbia, US
2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
2
Zacatecas, MX
2
Ciudad de México, MX
2
Moscow, US
2
Pittsburg, US
2
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
1
Millersville, US
1
Juriquilla, MX
1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
1
AUAlocation not on record
1
GB
1
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Northern Arizona University, School of Forestrylocation not on record
1
Tempe, US
1
San Jose, US
1
Chapel Hill, US
1
Mexico City, MX
1
EL PASO, US
1
VALElocation not on record
1
Henderson, US
1
Vancouver, CA
1
Logan, US
1
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record
1
Bend, US
1
Emporia, US
1
Brussel, BE
1
Arcata, US
1
Jefferson City, US
1
Kirksville, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Chadron, US
1
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Bloomington, US
1
70 institutions · 386 of 406 vouchered records shown · 19 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Chenopodium desiccatum 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
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 median14.2 °C 12.8–15.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter22.1 °C
Max temp (day)21.7 °C 19.1–22.2
Min temp (night)8.20 °C 8.10–9.70
Precipitation79.6 mm/mo 41.0–128
Air humidity52.1 % 51.7–56.3
Moisture balance-38.4 mm/mo -70.2–-17.0
Vapour deficit782 Pa 743–858
Wind speed3.30 m/s 1.90–5.30
Cloud cover33.0 % 20.6–35.9
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 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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