Galium arenarium

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium

At a glance

Occurrence records2 508

Data sources8

Biological traits14

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Galium arenarium's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 508 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗

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 & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 508 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex2n = 66

01Narrative

Galium arenarium or sand bedstraw is a plant species of the genus Galium. It grows on beaches and sand dunes along the Atlantic coast of western France and northern Spain.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology2

Plant height0.2 m

Plant height generative0.03 m

Life cycle & reproduction4

Life formperennial

Life spanperennial

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedhemicryptophyte

Lifespan years1 years

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: b H

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry2

Leaf C:N ratio28.65 g/g

Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)130 mg/g

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

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 Galium arenarium has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex

The complete instruction manual Galium arenarium 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.

Chromosomes2n = 66 n = 33

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records66–662n range66median66mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 665×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +2

GoaT · Tree of Sex Database — ↗

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Krendl, F. 1982. In D.M. Moore, Flora Europaea Check-list and Chromosome Index.Cambridge Univ. Press. Pp. 170–171.

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — KLIPHUIS, E. 1974. Cytotaxonomic notes on some Galium species A. Proc. Kon. Ned. Acad. Wetensch. ser. C 77: 345-35-7-.-----

CCDB · Cave1962 — Kliphuis 1962b

TreeOfSex · plant — Goldblatt1979 ↗

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 508 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 424

Museum / vouchered53

Cultivated / captive31

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO2 404 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy31% within 1 km

≤100 m 417≤1 km 73≤10 km 1 057>10 km 25

1 572 georeferenced · 852 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 424

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 accuracy84% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 15≤10 km 3

19 georeferenced · 34 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence53

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤1 km 31

31 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living31

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 institutions12 of 25 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Vitoria, ES	7
Bourges, FR	6
MAlocation not on record	5
Oskarshamn, SE	4
CJBGlocation not on record	3
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	3
MeiseBGlocation not on record	2
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record	2
Paris, FR	2
València, ES	2
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record	2
Granada, ES	2
CJBNlocation not on record	1
Salamanca, ES	1
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record	1
Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record	1
BClocation not on record	1
Stockholm, SE	1
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record	1
Barcelona, ES	1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	1
Badajoz, ES	1
Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record	1
Monastir, TN	1
Madrid, ES	1

25 institutions · 53 of 53 vouchered records shown

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Galium arenarium

At a glance

Sources8 archives

Size & morphology2

Life cycle & reproduction4

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment5

Physiology & chemistry2

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type2 508 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 25 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type2 508 records