Galium catalinense

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Gentianales/Rubiaceae/Galium

At a glance

Occurrence records71

Data sources7

Biological traits9

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

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

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility71 records↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

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

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & 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 sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF71 records

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 22

01Narrative

Galium catalinense is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the common name Santa Catalina Island bedstraw. It is endemic to two of the Channel Islands of California, where it grows along the coastal bluffs. It is a shrub growing erect to about a meter in maximum height with a rigid stem lined with whorls of four leaves each. The hairy leaves are generally lance-shaped and one to 2.5 centimeters long. The inflorescence emerging from leaf axils is a dense cluster of whitish flowers.Jepson Manual Treatment

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRYGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction3

Life formsubshrub or shrub

Life spanperennial

Lifeform raunkiaer detailedchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formSubshrub, Forb/herb

Woodinesswoody

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 catalinense has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Galium catalinense 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 = 22 n = 11

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

2n 221×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — DEMPSTER, L.T. 1973. The polygamous species of the genus Galium (Rubiaceae) section Lophogalium, of Mexico and southwestern United States. Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 64: 1-36.

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

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

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

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type71 records

Wild obs. + sensor22

Museum / vouchered49

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO136 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 accuracy52% within 1 km

≤100 m 9≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 9

21 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor22

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 accuracy81% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 12≤10 km 3

16 georeferenced · 33 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence49

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 8 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Riverside, US	8
San Diego, US	8
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record	7
Santa Barbara, US	6
Bronx, US	1
Davis, US	1
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record	1
Bangkok, TH	1

8 institutions · 33 of 49 vouchered records shown · 16 without an institution code

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