Gypsophila elegans
M.Bieb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Gypsophila elegans's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 576 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Gypsophila elegans, the annual baby's-breath or showy baby's-breath,Gypsophila elegans at USDA PLANTS Database is an ornamental plant native to Asia and Europe.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology18
Life cycle & reproduction8
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits2
Compounds documented for Gypsophila elegans across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds1 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsophilin | present | LOTUS |
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 Gypsophila elegans 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 Gypsophila elegans 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.
2n 347×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +3
2n 262×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 132×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
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
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.
Record type2 576 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 institutions74 of 121 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 81 |
| LDlocation not on record | 43 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 36 |
| Olocation not on record | 32 |
| Helsinki, FI | 28 |
| Wlocation not on record | 28 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 21 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 16 |
| Bronx, US | 12 |
| Salamanca, ES | 7 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 7 |
| Oulu, FI | 7 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 6 |
| Trondheim, NO | 6 |
| Riverside, US | 6 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 5 |
| Denver, US | 5 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 5 |
| Uppsala, SE | 5 |
| Tartu, EE | 4 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 4 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 4 |
| Bratislava, SK | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Corvallis, US | 3 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 3 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 3 |
| Vancouver, CA | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 3 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Odawara, JP | 3 |
| Mlocation not on record | 3 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Zürich, CH | 3 |
| Fort Worth, US | 3 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 3 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 3 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Durango, MX | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| St. Paul, US | 2 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Madison, US | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Allentown, US | 2 |
| Turku, FI | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| College Park, US | 2 |
| Baroda, IN | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Staten Island, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Tampa, US | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| Spearfish, US | 1 |
| IDElocation not on record | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bern, CH | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Beijing Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint John, CA | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Seoul, KR | 1 |
| Bando, JP | 1 |
| JP | 1 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Siouxland Heritage Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nagano City, JP | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Puebla, MX | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Barcelona, ES | 1 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| Universidad Católica de Santa Maríalocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 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 Gypsophila elegans 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.