Chloris gayana
Kunth · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Chloris gayana's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 929 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics28 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Chloris gayana is a species of grass known by the common name Rhodes grass. It is native to Africa but it can be found throughout the tropical and subtropical world as a naturalized species. It can grow in many types of habitat. It is also cultivated in some areas as a palatable graze for animals and a groundcover to reduce erosion and quickly revegetate denuded soil. It is tolerant of moderately saline and alkaline soils and irrigation.Purdue Horticulture
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction35
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment31
Physiology & chemistry23
Uses & economy15
Other traits5
Compounds documented for Chloris gayana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds1 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1D-myo-inositol 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakisphosphate | present | LOTUS |
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 Chloris gayana 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 Chloris gayana 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 2011×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +4
2n 405×CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-indian_vol2 +2
n 105×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 204×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type9 929 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 institutions116 of 221 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brisbane, AU | 233 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 226 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 108 |
| Canberra, AU | 106 |
| Adelaide, AU | 82 |
| Saint Louis, US | 76 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 55 |
| Kew, GB | 47 |
| Durango, MX | 47 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 46 |
| Durban, ZA | 44 |
| Kensington, AU | 32 |
| San Isidro, AR | 29 |
| Paris, FR | 29 |
| Sanda, JP | 27 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 26 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 24 |
| Odawara, JP | 24 |
| Xiamen, CN | 23 |
| València, ES | 23 |
| Palmerston, AU | 23 |
| Nishihara, JP | 22 |
| Castelar, AR | 22 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 22 |
| Auckland, NZ | 22 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 22 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 22 |
| Bronx, US | 22 |
| Corrientes, AR | 21 |
| Armidale, AU | 21 |
| Torreón, MX | 20 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 19 |
| Aarhus, DK | 17 |
| Taipei, TW | 16 |
| Smithfield, AU | 16 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 16 |
| Córdoba, AR | 16 |
| Riverside, US | 15 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 15 |
| Mexico City, MX | 14 |
| Zapopan, MX | 14 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 14 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 14 |
| Davis, US | 14 |
| Austin, US | 14 |
| Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record | 13 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 13 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 11 |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR | 11 |
| Hobart, AU | 11 |
| Nishihara, JP | 10 |
| Barcelona, ES | 10 |
| BClocation not on record | 10 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 10 |
| Claremont, US | 10 |
| Comisión Técnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostaderolocation not on record | 9 |
| San Diego, US | 9 |
| Bloomington, US | 9 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 8 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 8 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 8 |
| Culiacán, MX | 8 |
| Mexico City, MX | 7 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 7 |
| Mendoza, AR | 7 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 7 |
| Tampa, US | 7 |
| Masindi, UG | 7 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 7 |
| San Angelo, US | 7 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 7 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 6 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 6 |
| Stroud Water Research Centerlocation not on record | 6 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 6 |
| US | 6 |
| MAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidad Nacional del Litorallocation not on record | 5 |
| Logan, US | 5 |
| Beijing, CN | 4 |
| Plocation not on record | 4 |
| Brasília, BR | 4 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 4 |
| EL PASO, US | 4 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 4 |
| Alicante, ES | 4 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 4 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 4 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 4 |
| KMCClocation not on record | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 4 |
| Arusha, TZ | 4 |
| Loja, EC | 3 |
| Salta, AR | 3 |
| Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institutelocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 3 |
| Nagano City, JP | 3 |
| Guasave, MX | 3 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Honolulu, US | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 2 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 2 |
| Olocation not on record | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 2 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de La Pampalocation not on record | 2 |
| BAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad de Buenos Aireslocation not on record | 2 |
| Kochi, JP | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 2 |
| Knoxville, US | 2 |
| Lubbock, US | 2 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| Wollongong, AU | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 2 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 2 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 2 |
| NAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Department of Land Resources Managementlocation not on record | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Centro de Investigación Regional Norte Centro, Campo Experimental La Campana, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuariaslocation not on record | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Sendai, JP | 1 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 1 |
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ixtacuixtla de Mariano Matamoros, MX | 1 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 1 |
| California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record | 1 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 1 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Guatemala, GT | 1 |
| Universidad de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| South African National Parks, Scientific Services, Kruger National Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de San Luislocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| ESP003location not on record | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 1 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Santarém, BR | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 1 |
| NCAAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Tokushima, JP | 1 |
| Osaka, JP | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| La Trobe Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 1 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 1 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| QAUlocation 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 Chloris gayana 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.