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 Cochliasanthus caracalla has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes3
eDNA detections5
Countries3
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualCochliasanthus caracalla 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 size586 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
THIS GENOME Cochliasanthus caracalla0.59 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 — Bernardello, L. M., L. B. Stiefkens & M. A. Piovano. 1990. Números cromosómicos en dicotiledóneas Argentinas. Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 26: 149–157.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — JOSEPH, L. S. & J. C. BOUWKAMP. 1978. Karyomorphology of severai species of Phaseolus and Vigna. Cytologia 43: 595–600.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MARECHAL, R. 1969. Donnees cytologiques sur les especes de la sous-tribu des Papilionaceae - Phaseoleae - Phaseolinae. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 39: 125-165.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MARECHAL, R. 1970. Donnees cytologiques sur les especes de la sous-tribu des Papilionaceae-Phaseoleae-Phaseolinae. Deuxieme serie. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 40: 307-348.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Joseph & Bouwkamp 1978
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 17≤1 km 25≤10 km 3>10 km 3
48 georeferenced · 14 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor62
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
≤100 m 1
1 georeferenced · 283 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence284
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions19 of 49 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
28
Saint Louis, US
26
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
17
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
16
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
13
JBRJlocation not on record
12
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
11
Campo Mourão, BR
10
UNICAMPlocation not on record
9
Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record
9
Brasília, BR
9
Cenargenlocation not on record
8
Brasília, BR
8
Iquitos, PE
7
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
7
Feira de Santana, BR
6
UFMSlocation not on record
6
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
6
Lima, PE
5
Bronx, US
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
Santa Teresa, BR
4
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
4
INMAlocation not on record
4
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
4
CEPLAClocation not on record
4
Masindi, UG
3
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
3
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
3
Maringá, BR
2
UEGlocation not on record
2
USP-IBlocation not on record
2
Foz do Iguaçu, BR
2
UFPRlocation not on record
2
UnBlocation not on record
2
UNESP-RClocation not on record
2
Mexico City, MX
2
Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record
2
La Paz, BO
1
UEMlocation not on record
1
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
1
VALElocation not on record
1
Criciúma, BR
1
IPA/SPlocation not on record
1
San Isidro, AR
1
UTFPR-DVlocation not on record
1
UNESClocation not on record
1
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record
1
UFVJMlocation not on record
1
49 institutions · 281 of 284 vouchered records shown
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Cochliasanthus caracalla 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries3
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 detections have coordinates
Open the map3 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 median24.1 °C 17.4–25.4
Seasonal swing summer↔winter5.30 °C
Max temp (day)27.8 °C 23.2–29.6
Min temp (night)20.6 °C 11.3–21.9
Precipitation170 mm/mo 61.8–195
Air humidity65.0 % 53.7–65.3
Moisture balance49.9 mm/mo -64.6–63.5
Vapour deficit1,049 Pa 917–1,125
Wind speed1.30 m/s 1.20–3.50
Cloud cover30.7 % 26.6–45.1
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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility347 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype