Hackelochloa granularis
(L.) Kuntze · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Hackelochloa granularis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 683 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hackelochloa granularis, the pitscale grass, is a species of grass native to sub-Saharan Africa and temperate and tropical regions of Asia. It is naturalised to the southern United States, Mexico and South America.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry1
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 Hackelochloa granularis 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 Hackelochloa granularis 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 146×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-indian_vol2 +2
n 78×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +1
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 683 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 institutions101 of 185 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Saint Louis, US | 190 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 94 |
| Brisbane, AU | 63 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 61 |
| Kew, GB | 59 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 58 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 55 |
| Durango, MX | 52 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 47 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 41 |
| Canberra, AU | 41 |
| Xiamen, CN | 37 |
| Forest Herbarium Ibadan (FHI)location not on record | 35 |
| Beijing, CN | 29 |
| Guilin, CN | 27 |
| Austin, US | 23 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 23 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 21 |
| Kunming, CN | 21 |
| Palmerston, AU | 20 |
| Zapopan, MX | 19 |
| Baroda, IN | 19 |
| Mexico City, MX | 19 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 17 |
| San Diego, US | 16 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 16 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 16 |
| Kensington, AU | 14 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 14 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Mexico City, MX | 13 |
| La Paz, MX | 13 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 12 |
| Taipei, TW | 12 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 11 |
| San José, CR | 10 |
| Smithfield, AU | 10 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 10 |
| Torreón, MX | 9 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 9 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 8 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 8 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record | 8 |
| Bloomington, US | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 8 |
| CASlocation not on record | 7 |
| Nanjing, CN | 7 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 7 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 7 |
| California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 6 |
| Phoenix, US | 6 |
| Uppsala, SE | 6 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 6 |
| Chengdu, CN | 6 |
| Nishihara, JP | 5 |
| Aarhus, DK | 5 |
| nlocation not on record | 5 |
| Berlin, DE | 5 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 5 |
| Chengdu, CN | 5 |
| Stockholm, SE | 5 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 5 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 5 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| Mérida, MX | 4 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 4 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 4 |
| KMCClocation not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Changsha, CN | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 4 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 4 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 4 |
| Mississippi State, US | 4 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 4 |
| Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record | 3 |
| Wuhan, CN | 3 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Hobart, AU | 3 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 3 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 3 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 3 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 3 |
| Chapingo, MX | 3 |
| Culiacán, MX | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| Clocation not on record | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 2 |
| Awka, NG | 2 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Xian, CN | 2 |
| Montréal, CA | 2 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| Sanda, JP | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Southwest Forestry Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Comisión Técnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostaderolocation not on record | 2 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 2 |
| Plocation not on record | 2 |
| La Paz, BO | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| EFGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 2 |
| LGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Guasave, MX | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| National Range Agencylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 1 |
| Adelaide, AU | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| IFAN Cheikh Anta DIOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 1 |
| León, NI | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 1 |
| Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record | 1 |
| Seoul, KR | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Ensenada, MX | 1 |
| LSFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Managua, NI | 1 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 1 |
| Burlington, US | 1 |
| South China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| LISClocation not on record | 1 |
| Eduardo Mondlane Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| Helsinki, FI | 1 |
| Université National du Béninlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 1 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 1 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| XALlocation not on record | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Haramaya Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Cusco, PE | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Botanic Gardenlocation not on record | 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 Hackelochloa granularis 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?
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.