Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Mesembryanthemum crystallinum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility15 786 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
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 & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum is a prostrate succulent plant native to Africa, Sinai and southern Europe, and naturalized in the New World. The plant is covered with large, glistening bladder cells or water vesicles, reflected in its common names of common ice plant, crystalline ice plant or ice plant.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction15
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Mesembryanthemum crystallinum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile2 classes
Documented compounds2 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-carboxy-D-arabinitol | present | LOTUS | |
| [(2S,3R,4S,5R)-2-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-6-methoxy-4-oxochromen-3-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl] (Z)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate | present | LOTUS |
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 Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 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 Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 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 1811×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 · CCDB · book-indian_vol1 +4
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type15 786 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 institutions71 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 |
|---|---|
| Adelaide, AU | 207 |
| San Diego, US | 148 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 89 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 81 |
| Claremont, US | 60 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 53 |
| Kensington, AU | 48 |
| Canberra, AU | 32 |
| Riverside, US | 32 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 26 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 25 |
| València, ES | 15 |
| La Paz, MX | 14 |
| Los Angeles, US | 13 |
| Ensenada, MX | 12 |
| US | 12 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 10 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 10 |
| MAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Mexico City, MX | 10 |
| BClocation not on record | 9 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 9 |
| Irvine, US | 8 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 8 |
| Long Beach, US | 8 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 7 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 7 |
| Phoenix, US | 7 |
| Austin, US | 7 |
| Alicante, ES | 6 |
| Saint Louis, US | 6 |
| Hobart, AU | 6 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 5 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 5 |
| Fullerton, US | 5 |
| CASlocation not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 4 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record | 3 |
| UChlocation not on record | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| Granada, ES | 3 |
| Durango, MX | 3 |
| Davis, US | 3 |
| Brisbane, AU | 3 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 3 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 2 |
| Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, ES | 2 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| BGPAlocation not on record | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow, US | 2 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| San Isidro, AR | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 2 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Arequipa, PE | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Viña del Mar, CL | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose, US | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 1 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Arcata, US | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 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 Mesembryanthemum crystallinum 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.