Lotus glaucus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Lotus

At a glance

Occurrence records298

Data sources6

Biological traits14

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections9

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Lotus glaucus's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility298 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI9 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF298 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries9 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT910 Mbp

01Narrative

Lotus glaucus est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Fabaceae.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology6

Plant height0.2 m

Plant height max0.6 m

Plant height min0.1 m

Seed mass0.9 mg

Seed mass max0.9 mg

Seed mass min0.9 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Flowering startJan

Life formsubshrub

Life spanperennial

Lifespan years3 years

Habitat & environment3

Climatesubtropical

Growth formherb

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: herb · TRY: b H

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

05DNA & barcoding5 specimens

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 Lotus glaucus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes3

eDNA detections9

Countries1

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.

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plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Lotus glaucus 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 size909 540 000 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 Lotus glaucus0.91 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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 = 28 n = 14

Ploidy2× / 4× cytotypes

Chromosome records14–282n range21median28mode2records

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

2n 141×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

2n 281×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type298 records

Wild obs. + sensor244

Museum / vouchered53

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO344 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 accuracy90% within 1 km

≤100 m 105≤1 km 55≤10 km 6>10 km 11

177 georeferenced · 67 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor244

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 accuracy20% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 4

5 georeferenced · 48 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence53

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 institutions7 of 16 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
LDlocation not on record	16
South Kensington, GB	12
València, ES	3
Bronx, US	2
BClocation not on record	2
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record	2
Paris, FR	1
Kew, GB	1
Philadelphia, US	1
PRT102location not on record	1
Salamanca, ES	1
Wlocation not on record	1
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record	1
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record	1
STUlocation not on record	1
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record	1

16 institutions · 47 of 53 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA9 detections

Where the DNA of Lotus glaucus 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 found9

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 9 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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