Chenopodium spinescens

(R.Br.) S.Fuentes & Borsch · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Amaranthaceae/Chenopodium

At a glance

Occurrence records10

Data sources6

Biological traits36

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections1

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Chenopodium spinescens's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page4 sections

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

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources36 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF10 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

01Narrative

Chenopodium spinescens (common names: spiny saltbush, berry saltbush, thorny saltbush, creeping saltbush, hedge saltbush) is a species of plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to all mainland states and territories of Australia where it is known as Rhagodia spinescens.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology14

Fruit width3.5 mm

Leaf length14.22 mm

Leaf length max20 mm

Leaf mass7 mg

Leaf mass per area104 g/m2

Leaf size42 mm²

Leaf width8.5 mm

Plant height2 m

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 2 m · AusTraits: 1.5 m · TRY: 0.94 m

Plant height max3 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass2.4 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 2.4 mg · AusTraits: 1.71 mg · GIFT: 2.4 mg

Seed mass max3.04 mg

Seed mass min1.33 mg

Seed width1.75 mm

Life cycle & reproduction8

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dispersal typeanimal

Flowering timeyyyynnnnnnnn

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial < 20 years

⚠ sources differ — TRY: perennial < 20 years · AusTraits: perennial · GIFT: perennial

Pollination syndromeinsect+wind

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typedioecious

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment10

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typeberry

Growth formshrub

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Leaf shapedeltate ovate

Woodinesswoody

Physiology & chemistry3

Nitrogen fixingnon_nitrogen_fixer

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Specific leaf area (SLA)9.32 mm²/mg

05DNA & barcoding1 eDNA hits

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 spinescens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

eDNA detections1

Countries1

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type10 records

Museum / vouchered10

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO36 km²

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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 1

1 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence10

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 3 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Kew, GB	8
Bronx, US	1
Wlocation not on record	1

3 institutions · 10 of 10 vouchered records shown

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Chenopodium spinescens 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 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 median19.8 °C 19.8–19.8

Seasonal swing summer↔winter15.2 °C

Max temp (day)25.5 °C

Min temp (night)14.2 °C

Precipitation49.1 mm/mo

Air humidity52.1 %

Moisture balance-92.3 mm/mo

Vapour deficit1,165 Pa

Wind speed4.10 m/s

Cloud cover23.7 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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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