Melica ciliata
speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Melica ciliata's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility45 224 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics10 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Melica ciliata, the hairy melic or silky spike melic, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia. It has been introduced to South Australia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry7
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 Melica ciliata 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 Melica ciliata 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 1876×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iapt +12
2n 91×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 201×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 301×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 361×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 913×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +2
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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 type45 224 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 institutions59 of 123 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 345 |
| LDlocation not on record | 285 |
| Berlin, DE | 231 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 188 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 146 |
| Uppsala, SE | 144 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 123 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 98 |
| València, ES | 66 |
| MAlocation not on record | 60 |
| Bern, CH | 59 |
| Zürich, CH | 56 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 53 |
| Zürich, CH | 49 |
| BClocation not on record | 44 |
| Wlocation not on record | 39 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 36 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 26 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 25 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 24 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 23 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 22 |
| Barcelona, ES | 20 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 15 |
| Salzburg, AT | 14 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 14 |
| Dresden, DE | 13 |
| Madrid, ES | 13 |
| Salamanca, ES | 13 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 12 |
| Vitoria, ES | 12 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 11 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 10 |
| Helsinki, FI | 10 |
| Olocation not on record | 8 |
| HUN003location not on record | 8 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 8 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 8 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 8 |
| Görlitz, DE | 7 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 7 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| Glarus, CH | 6 |
| Pamplona, ES | 6 |
| PRClocation not on record | 6 |
| Sevilla, ES | 6 |
| Denver, US | 6 |
| Turku, FI | 6 |
| Kew, GB | 6 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| Auckland, NZ | 4 |
| Canberra, AU | 4 |
| Adelaide, AU | 4 |
| Namur, BE | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 4 |
| Trondheim, NO | 3 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tartu, EE | 3 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Hobart, AU | 3 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 3 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 3 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 3 |
| UGentlocation not on record | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 2 |
| Alicante, ES | 2 |
| Gijón, ES | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chengdu, CN | 2 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 2 |
| Oulu, FI | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| RJBJCIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 1 |
| sonstHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| ER-Gaucklocation not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Córdoba, ES | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Musée des Confluenceslocation not on record | 1 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 1 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Porvoo, FI | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| Universität Tübingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| BGBMlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 1 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| CIBIOlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| JBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 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 Melica ciliata 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.