Myriophyllum aquaticum
(Vell.) Verdc. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Myriophyllum aquaticum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility23 868 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI17 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics18 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
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Myriophyllum mattogrossense is native to the wetlands of South America. It is commonly used as an aquarium plant, but is in fact a mostly aquatic herb that can grow to 60 cm in length. In nature, it is found almost exclusively in marshes, ephemeral ponds, streams, or on banks of mud.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology19
Life cycle & reproduction9
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry7
Compounds documented for Myriophyllum aquaticum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds6 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Catechin 3-Gallate | present | LOTUS | |
| Avicularin | present | LOTUS | |
| Epicatechin 3-gallate | present | LOTUS | |
| Eugeniin | present | LOTUS | |
| Quercetin | present | LOTUS | |
| Quercitrin | 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 Myriophyllum aquaticum 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 Myriophyllum aquaticum 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 482×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · kew
polyploid 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 type23 868 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 institutions141 of 237 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Auckland, NZ | 62 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 55 |
| Kochi, JP | 41 |
| Mexico City, MX | 41 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 39 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 35 |
| Saint Louis, US | 35 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 34 |
| Brisbane, AU | 33 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 32 |
| Hobart, AU | 31 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 30 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 29 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 28 |
| Corvallis, US | 27 |
| Tampa, US | 26 |
| Durango, MX | 26 |
| Bronx, US | 23 |
| Portland, US | 23 |
| Knoxville, US | 20 |
| Corrientes, AR | 20 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 18 |
| Jackson, US | 18 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 18 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 18 |
| Canberra, AU | 18 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 17 |
| Córdoba, AR | 17 |
| Austin, US | 17 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 16 |
| Mexico City, MX | 16 |
| Vancouver, CA | 15 |
| College Park, US | 15 |
| Riverside, US | 14 |
| Adelaide, AU | 14 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 14 |
| San Isidro, AR | 14 |
| Columbia, US | 14 |
| Chicago, US | 13 |
| Claremont, US | 13 |
| Tomioka, JP | 12 |
| Arcata, US | 11 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 10 |
| Pullman, US | 10 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 10 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 9 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Fayetteville, US | 8 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 8 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 8 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 7 |
| Clemson, US | 7 |
| Sanda, JP | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 6 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 6 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 6 |
| Williamsburg, US | 6 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 6 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 6 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 6 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 6 |
| Albuquerque, US | 6 |
| Davis, US | 6 |
| Kensington, AU | 6 |
| Brussel, BE | 6 |
| Miami, US | 5 |
| Wellington, NZ | 5 |
| Toyama, JP | 5 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 5 |
| Durban, ZA | 5 |
| Salvador, BR | 5 |
| Fort Worth, US | 5 |
| EL PASO, US | 5 |
| GAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Sendai, JP | 5 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Victoria, CA | 5 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 5 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Philadelphia, US | 4 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Honolulu, US | 4 |
| PRClocation not on record | 4 |
| Blumenau, BR | 4 |
| Logan, US | 4 |
| IDElocation not on record | 4 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 4 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 4 |
| Armidale, AU | 4 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 3 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 3 |
| Chapingo, MX | 3 |
| Mississippi State, US | 3 |
| Palmerston, AU | 3 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Nagano City, JP | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 3 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 3 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 3 |
| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record | 3 |
| JP | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 3 |
| Little Rock, US | 3 |
| Millersville, US | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| San Diego, US | 3 |
| South Kensington, GB | 3 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 3 |
| Madison, US | 3 |
| Bloomington, US | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Oregon State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 2 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 2 |
| León, NI | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Guasave, MX | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 2 |
| Edmonton, CA | 2 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Osaka, JP | 2 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 2 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 2 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| Boise, US | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record | 2 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 2 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 2 |
| Norfolk, US | 2 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 2 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 2 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 2 |
| Museo civico di Ecologia e Storia naturale di Marano sul Panarolocation not on record | 2 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 2 |
| Zapopan, MX | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 2 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 2 |
| Emporia, US | 2 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Birminghamlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 2 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lake Charles, US | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lausanne, CH | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 1 |
| Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 1 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Plocation not on record | 1 |
| Cruz das Almas, BR | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 1 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Northridge, US | 1 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Pelotaslocation not on record | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Morgantown, US | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Maringá, BR | 1 |
| Irvine, US | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| New Haven, US | 1 |
| Wollongong, AU | 1 |
| Kathmandu, NP | 1 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Henderson, US | 1 |
| La Trobe Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Fairfax, 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 Myriophyllum aquaticum 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?
Measured at samplingin-field
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.