Galium austriacum

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium

At a glance

Occurrence records764

Data sources9

Biological traits16

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility764 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

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 page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements4 literature sources16 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF764 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex1.8 Gbp

01Narrative

Galium austriacum, the Austrian bedstraw, is a plant species in the Rubiaceae. It was first described in 1773 by Austrian botanist Nicolaus Jacquin as part of his Florae Austriaceae (i.e., Flora of Austria), the Austrian Empire in 1773 having been rather larger than the present-day Republic of Austria.Nicolaus Jacquin. 1773. Florae Austriaceae 1: 51. The species is found in mountainous regions of present-day Austria, Switzerland, Italy (Piemonte and Toscana), the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and the former Yugoslavia.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesAltervista Flora Italiana

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPLEDAGIFTTRY

Size & morphology4

Plant height0.25 m

Plant height max0.2 m

Plant height min0.12 m

Seed mass0.344 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Dispersal typeself

Flowering endAug

Flowering startJun

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formshrub

Woodinessnon-woody

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

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 austriacum has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Countries1

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex

The complete instruction manual Galium austriacum 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 size1 750 620 000 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 Galium austriacum1.75 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.

Chromosomes2n = 44 n = 22

Ploidypolyploid inferred

Chromosome records22–442n range44median44mode33records

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

2n 4429×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · slov-fl — Májovský J. et al., 1970b: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora Part 2. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 18: 45-60.

CCDB · slov-fl — Murín A. & Májovský J., 1979: Karyological Study of slovakian flora I. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 27: 127-133.

CCDB · slov-fl — Murín A., 1986: Karyological study of the Slovak flora XVIII. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 33: 85-92.

CCDB · slov-fl — Šípošová H., 1987: Taxonomicko-chorologické štúdium Galium pumilum Murray s. l. na Slovensku. - Acta Bot. Slov., A 10: 97-168.

CCDB · slov-fl — Májovský J. et al., 1974b: Index of chromosome numbers of Slovakian flora Part 4. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 23: 1-23.

CCDB · fl-europaea — Titz, 1964

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Murín, A. 1986. Karyological study of the Slovak flora XVIII. Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comenianae, Bot. 33: 85–92.

2n 224×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +1

GoaT · Tree of Sex Database — ↗

CCDB · slov-fl — Murín A. & Májovský J., 1979: Karyological Study of slovakian flora I. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 27: 127-133.

CCDB · fl-europaea — Titz, 1964

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 type764 records

Wild obs. + sensor251

Museum / vouchered216

Other297

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO1 244 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 accuracy58% within 1 km

≤100 m 7≤1 km 11≤10 km 13

31 georeferenced · 220 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor251

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 accuracy57% within 1 km

≤100 m 19≤1 km 90≤10 km 80>10 km 2

191 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence216

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 institutions6 of 15 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	116
GJOlocation not on record	55
Wlocation not on record	12
Oskarshamn, SE	7
Uppsala, SE	6
LDlocation not on record	4
SZUlocation not on record	3
GZUlocation not on record	3
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	3
BRNUlocation not on record	1
Salzburg, AT	1
Berlin, DE	1
Macomb, US	1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	1
Bloomington, US	1

15 institutions · 215 of 216 vouchered records shown

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