Galega officinalis
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Galega officinalis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility35 982 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI14 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics29 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Seeds Galega officinalis, commonly known as galega or goat's-rue, is an herbaceous plant in the subfamily Faboideae of the legume family Fabaceae. It is native to parts of northern Africa, western Asia and Europe, but is widely cultivated and naturalised elsewhere. The plant has been extensively cultivated as a forage crop, an ornamental, a bee plant, and as green manure. G. officinalis is rich in galegine, a substance with blood glucose-lowering activity and the foundation for the discovery of metformin, Italian fitch, a treatment for managing symptoms of diabetes mellitus. In ancient herbalism, goat's-rue was used as a diuretic. It can be poisonous to mammals, but is a food for various insects.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Galega officinalis across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds71 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| GALEGINE | 5,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| VASICINE | 3,500 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| VASICINONE | 300 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| DAUCOSTEROL | 260 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| 3-O-(BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCURONOPYRANOSYL)-SOYASAPOGENOL-B | 113 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| DEOXYVASICINE | 12 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| DEOXYVASICINONE | 11.3 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Galega officinalis 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 Galega officinalis 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 1625×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +9
n 83×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cannon, 2015
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
Record type35 982 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 institutions72 of 137 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 376 |
| LDlocation not on record | 108 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 81 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 60 |
| Berlin, DE | 38 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 34 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 30 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 30 |
| Bern, CH | 25 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 25 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 23 |
| Auckland, NZ | 23 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 22 |
| Wellington, NZ | 21 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 20 |
| MAlocation not on record | 18 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 17 |
| Philadelphia, US | 16 |
| South Kensington, GB | 15 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 12 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 11 |
| Wlocation not on record | 11 |
| Vitoria, ES | 11 |
| Saint Louis, US | 10 |
| Salamanca, ES | 10 |
| Görlitz, DE | 10 |
| Québec, CA | 10 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 9 |
| Logan, US | 9 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 9 |
| Mlocation not on record | 8 |
| UChlocation not on record | 8 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 7 |
| BClocation not on record | 7 |
| Salzburg, AT | 7 |
| Barcelona, ES | 7 |
| Olocation not on record | 7 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 7 |
| València, ES | 6 |
| PRClocation not on record | 6 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 6 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 6 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 6 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 6 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 5 |
| Portland, US | 5 |
| Bourges, FR | 5 |
| Badajoz, ES | 5 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 5 |
| Bronx, US | 5 |
| Philadelphia, US | 5 |
| San Isidro, AR | 4 |
| Corvallis, US | 4 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 4 |
| Brussel, BE | 4 |
| Vancouver, CA | 4 |
| Granada, ES | 3 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 3 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 3 |
| Córdoba, AR | 3 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Zürich, CH | 3 |
| Zürich, CH | 3 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 2 |
| Lausanne, CH | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 2 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 2 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 2 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Aarhus, DK | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 2 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Jackson, US | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Honolulu, US | 1 |
| Universität Erlangen-Nürnberglocation not on record | 1 |
| NBSIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, ES | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| CZE096location not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| ROM020location not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| PLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Yangling, CN | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Kuopio, FI | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUN003location not on record | 1 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Pocatello, US | 1 |
| ZRC-SAZUlocation 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 Galega officinalis 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.