Fimbristylis littoralis
Gaudich. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Fimbristylis littoralis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 493 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 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↗
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Fimbristylis littoralis, commonly known as lesser fimbry or lesser fimbristylis, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to many countries in Africa, Asia and Oceania including across much of northern Australia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry1
Compounds documented for Fimbristylis littoralis 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tricin | 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 Fimbristylis littoralis 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 Fimbristylis littoralis 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.
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 103×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · book-indian_vol2
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 type4 493 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions90 of 201 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 | 311 |
| Saint Louis, US | 270 |
| Palmerston, AU | 261 |
| Jackson, US | 186 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 146 |
| Taipei, TW | 82 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 78 |
| Kensington, AU | 72 |
| Kochi, JP | 70 |
| Kew, GB | 68 |
| Toyama, JP | 65 |
| Canberra, AU | 58 |
| Bronx, US | 55 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 50 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 49 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 45 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 31 |
| Osaka, JP | 28 |
| Mexico City, MX | 27 |
| Tokushima, JP | 24 |
| Sendai, JP | 22 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 22 |
| JP | 22 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 22 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 22 |
| Adelaide, AU | 22 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 21 |
| Xiamen, CN | 21 |
| Tampa, US | 20 |
| Smithfield, AU | 20 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 20 |
| Taipei, TW | 19 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 19 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 19 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 16 |
| Tomioka, JP | 16 |
| Bando, JP | 16 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 15 |
| Armidale, AU | 15 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 15 |
| León, NI | 14 |
| Taipei, TW | 14 |
| Durango, MX | 13 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 12 |
| South Kensington, GB | 12 |
| Aarhus, DK | 12 |
| Nagano City, JP | 11 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 11 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 11 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 11 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 10 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 10 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 10 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 10 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Chicago, US | 9 |
| Plocation not on record | 9 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 9 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 8 |
| KR | 8 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 7 |
| Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)location not on record | 7 |
| MAlocation not on record | 7 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 7 |
| Honolulu, US | 7 |
| VENlocation not on record | 6 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| CASlocation not on record | 6 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| Little Rock, US | 6 |
| Hobart, AU | 6 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 6 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 6 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 6 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 6 |
| Austin, US | 6 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 6 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 6 |
| Blumenau, BR | 6 |
| San José, CR | 6 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 5 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 5 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 5 |
| US | 5 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 5 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 5 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 4 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 4 |
| Mérida, MX | 4 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 4 |
| Fayetteville, US | 4 |
| Brasília, BR | 4 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 3 |
| GAlocation not on record | 3 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 3 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 3 |
| Masindi, UG | 3 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 3 |
| Beijing, CN | 3 |
| BMlocation not on record | 3 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| GB | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| BRLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 2 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 2 |
| Nishihara, JP | 2 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Montpellier, FR | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 2 |
| Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record | 2 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record | 2 |
| Corrientes, AR | 2 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| arosemena tola, EC | 2 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Baroda, IN | 1 |
| COLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Servicio Autonomo para el Desarrollo Ambiental del Estado Amazonaslocation not on record | 1 |
| Escuela Agrícola Panamericanalocation not on record | 1 |
| LGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre D'Etude sur les Ressources Végétaleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record | 1 |
| Fundación Estación Biológica Guayacanallocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario Selva Central Oxapampa - estación biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| PHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre National de Floristique - Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNYlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbario de la Universidad Técnica del Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Asheville, US | 1 |
| Berea Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 1 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Botanical Garden "Anastasie Fatu" of Iasilocation not on record | 1 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Seychelles National Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Jishou Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record | 1 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| Otaru, JP | 1 |
| Teresina, BR | 1 |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH)location not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 1 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Fimbristylis littoralis 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?
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.