Galium lanceolatum (lanceleaf wild licorice) is a species of plant in the Rubiaceae.Torrey, John. 1824. Flora of the Northern and Middle Sections of the United States 168-169. Galium lanceolatumTorrey, John & Asa Gray. 1819. Catalogue of the Plants of the City of New York 23, Galium circaezans var. lanceolatumBigelow, Jacob. 1824. Florula Bostoniensis, edition 2, p 56, Galium torreyi Galium lanceolatum is native to Canada (Quebec and Ontario) plus parts of the United States, primarily New England, the Great Lakes region and the Appalachian Mountains as far south as northeastern Alabama and northwestern South Carolina.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesBiota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapScoggan, H. J. 1979. Dicotyledoneae (Loasaceae to Compositae). Part 4. 1117–1711 pp. In Flora of Canada. National Museums of Canada, Ottawa.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 lanceolatum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens26
Marker genes8
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections10
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Galium lanceolatum voucher JAG 0072 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
Marker genes sequenced
★ 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 manualGalium lanceolatum 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 size880 200 000 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 lanceolatum0.88 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
07Deep time~3.92 Ma lineage
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
DNA clock origin3.92 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 320 records
Wild obs. + sensor396
Museum / vouchered924
Origin
Native1
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 212 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 accuracy77% within 1 km
≤100 m 183≤1 km 51≤10 km 15>10 km 55
304 georeferenced · 92 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor396
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 accuracy27% within 1 km
≤100 m 17≤1 km 170≤10 km 464>10 km 42
693 georeferenced · 231 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence924
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 institutions41 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Philadelphia, US
228
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
121
Madison, US
64
University of New Hampshirelocation not on record
48
Ann Arbor, US
44
Burlington, US
38
Bronx, US
37
New Haven, US
35
Allentown, US
30
Québec, CA
23
Toronto, CA
22
Green Bay, US
18
Bloomington, US
17
Montréal, CA
14
College Park, US
12
Chapel Hill, US
10
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
10
Johnson City, US
7
McWane Science Centerlocation not on record
6
Wuzhou, CN
6
Morgantown, US
5
Staten Island, US
5
Williamsburg, US
5
Durham, US
4
Paris, FR
4
Université Lavallocation not on record
4
McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record
3
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
3
Mohonk Preservelocation not on record
2
Asheville, US
2
Millersville, US
2
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
2
Philadelphia, US
2
Davenport, US
2
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
2
Riverside, US
1
Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record
1
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Pullman, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
ASUlocation not on record
1
Keene State Universitylocation not on record
1
Mississippi State, US
1
Chicago, US
1
Montréal, CA
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Hamilton, US
1
Kingston, US
1
Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record
1
Hudson, US
1
Uppsala, SE
1
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
1
Norfolk, US
1
Bangkok, TH
1
Columbia, US
1
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
1
Fairfax, US
1
59 institutions · 863 of 924 vouchered records shown · 61 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA10 detections
Where the DNA of Galium lanceolatum 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
Detections DNA found10
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 10 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
How strong is each trace?
DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median20.9 °C 18.8–22.1
Seasonal swing summer↔winter27.1 °C
Max temp (day)25.4 °C 23.6–26.9
Min temp (night)15.6 °C 13.9–18.2
Precipitation103 mm/mo 88.1–107
Air humidity57.3 % 56.1–59.7
Moisture balance-44.3 mm/mo -62.3–-39.4
Vapour deficit1,041 Pa 922–1,134
Wind speed3.20 m/s 2.60–3.70
Cloud cover39.0 % 35.1–48.3
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 8 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 320 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics26 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome ~0.88 Gbp↗
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