Melampyrum pratense
speciesAt a glance
Sources7 archives
Databases and archives Melampyrum pratense's data was compiled from.
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility322 001 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI19 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics30 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Size & morphology13
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry8
Other traits1
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 Melampyrum pratense 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 Melampyrum pratense 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 181×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
Record type322 001 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 162 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 7 879 |
| LDlocation not on record | 513 |
| Olocation not on record | 457 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 386 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 343 |
| Salzburg, AT | 199 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 194 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 188 |
| Bergen, NO | 173 |
| Trondheim, NO | 157 |
| Turku, FI | 153 |
| Oulu, FI | 151 |
| Görlitz, DE | 121 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 117 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 115 |
| Tartu, EE | 107 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 107 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 103 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 77 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 72 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 68 |
| València, ES | 60 |
| Tallinn, EE | 60 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 59 |
| Bern, CH | 57 |
| Barcelona, ES | 56 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 48 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 47 |
| Vitoria, ES | 44 |
| Kuopio, FI | 43 |
| Dresden, DE | 43 |
| Zürich, CH | 38 |
| Mlocation not on record | 38 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 37 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 36 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 36 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 35 |
| South Kensington, GB | 34 |
| Uppsala, SE | 34 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 32 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 29 |
| Porvoo, FI | 27 |
| MAlocation not on record | 24 |
| Berlin, DE | 24 |
| BClocation not on record | 22 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 22 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 21 |
| Stockholm, SE | 20 |
| Salamanca, ES | 20 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 20 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 19 |
| Wlocation not on record | 18 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 17 |
| Madrid, ES | 16 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 16 |
| Helsinki, FI | 15 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 14 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 14 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 13 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 12 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 11 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 11 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 11 |
| Alicante, ES | 11 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 11 |
| Wellington, NZ | 10 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 10 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 10 |
| Pamplona, ES | 9 |
| PRClocation not on record | 9 |
| Zürich, CH | 9 |
| Fulda, DE | 8 |
| nbflocation not on record | 8 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 8 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 7 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 7 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 6 |
| Tilburg, NL | 5 |
| Forssa, FI | 5 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 5 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 5 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 5 |
| Bourges, FR | 5 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 5 |
| Jaén, ES | 5 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 4 |
| Granada, ES | 4 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| Salvador, BR | 3 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 3 |
| Pamplona, ES | 3 |
| Dekalb, US | 3 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| H-Meierottlocation not on record | 2 |
| LIVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Dhaka, BD | 2 |
| Göteborg, SE | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| BGBMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herb. BBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Glarus, CH | 2 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 2 |
| Davenport, US | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Podgorica, ME | 2 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 2 |
| Monastir, TN | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| Badajoz, ES | 2 |
| Winterthur, CH | 2 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Tulane Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Glasgow University Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Leicesterlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record | 1 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 1 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Gijón, ES | 1 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Hulllocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Samara National Research Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| LUXEMBOURG, LU | 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 Melampyrum pratense 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.