Hydrocleys nymphoides
(Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Buchenau · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Hydrocleys nymphoides's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 103 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI8 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics9 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Hydrocleys nymphoides, the waterpoppy or water-poppy, is an aquatic plant species in the Alismataceae. It is widespread across South America, Central America, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Netherlands Antilles. It is cultivated in many places for used in decorative ponds and artificial aquatic habitats, and naturalized in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Fiji, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Florida, Louisiana and Texas.Biota of North America Program ImageAtlas of Living Australia
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology18
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 Hydrocleys nymphoides 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 Hydrocleys nymphoides 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
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).
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 1615×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · croinout · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +3
2n 244×CCDB · croinout
n 81×CCDB · Cave1956
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid 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 type1 103 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions51 of 113 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 | 51 |
| Corrientes, AR | 35 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 24 |
| Bronx, US | 23 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 22 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 20 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 19 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 18 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 15 |
| Campo Grande, BR | 15 |
| Brisbane, AU | 14 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 13 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 12 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 12 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 11 |
| Auckland, NZ | 11 |
| Canberra, AU | 10 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 9 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 8 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 8 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 8 |
| Kew, GB | 8 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 7 |
| Masindi, UG | 7 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 7 |
| Durban, ZA | 7 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 6 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 5 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 5 |
| Kochi, JP | 5 |
| Salvador, BR | 5 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 5 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 5 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 4 |
| Córdoba, AR | 4 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 4 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 4 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 4 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bando, JP | 3 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 3 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 3 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Aarhus, DK | 3 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 3 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 2 |
| Santarém, BR | 2 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 2 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 2 |
| Glocation not on record | 2 |
| Palmerston, AU | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| HACAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Universidade do Estado de Mato Grossolocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Turku, FI | 2 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Castelar, AR | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| JBPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 1 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 1 |
| VALElocation not on record | 1 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Zlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 1 |
| Hokkaido University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Anton de Kom University of Surinamelocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Hydrocleys nymphoides 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.