Oligomeris linifolia is a species of flowering plant in the small family Resedaceae known by the common name lineleaf whitepuff. It is native to parts of the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, as well as southern Europe and North Africa, and the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas and saline soils, in deserts, plains, coastline, and other places. It is a fleshy annual plant, producing several erect, ribbed stems 35 to 45 centimeters in maximum height. The linear or widely lance-shaped leaves are narrow, up to 4.5 centimeters long but only a few millimeters side. The flowers occur in long, erect spikes. Each flower is a rounded, lobed, pocket-like structure with 4 curving sepals and usually two whitish petals which may be partially fused together. The fruit is a capsule a few millimeters long containing tiny shiny black seeds.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Oligomeris linifolia across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Oligomeris linifolia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens36
Marker genes4
eDNA detections34
Countries2
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.
★matK★rbcL★rbcLa★ITS2
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualOligomeris linifolia 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.
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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 281×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Oksijuk, P. (Fedorov)
2n 321×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Podlech, D. 1986. Chromosomenstudien en Pflanzen des Saharo-Sindischen Trockengebietes. Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 22: 5–20.
2n 481×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
CCDB · book-indian_vol1 — Malik, C.P. 1960b
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 661 records
Wild obs. + sensor979
Museum / vouchered1 668
Other14
Origin
Native165
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 632 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 accuracy81% within 1 km
≤100 m 343≤1 km 120≤10 km 96>10 km 11
570 georeferenced · 409 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor979
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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 246≤1 km 258≤10 km 208>10 km 33
745 georeferenced · 923 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 668
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 institutions60 of 88 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
San Diego, US
310
Riverside, US
206
Claremont, US
191
Santa Barbara, US
132
ASUlocation not on record
115
Austin, US
69
Bronx, US
41
CASlocation not on record
39
Phoenix, US
38
Flagstaff, US
28
Mexico City, MX
24
Logan, US
23
EL PASO, US
22
Davis, US
20
La Paz, MX
20
Pomona Collegelocation not on record
19
Henderson, US
15
San Angelo, US
14
Tampa, US
12
Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record
12
Ensenada, MX
11
Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record
11
Saint Louis, US
11
Fort Worth, US
10
San Luis Obispo, US
10
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
9
Los Angeles, US
9
Fullerton, US
9
Durango, MX
9
Provo, US
8
Arizona Western Collegelocation not on record
8
Hermosillo, MX
8
Long Beach, US
7
Guasave, MX
6
Austin, US
6
Irvine, US
6
PRClocation not on record
5
US
5
Kew, GB
5
Berlin, DE
5
MeiseBGlocation not on record
5
Edinburgh, GB
4
MAlocation not on record
4
Boise, US
4
Arcata, US
4
Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record
4
Bloomington, US
4
Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
San Francisco, US
3
BClocation not on record
3
Pocatello, US
3
Bangkok, TH
3
Salamanca, ES
3
Wlocation not on record
3
Denver, US
3
Moscow, US
2
Beijing, CN
2
Wuzhou, CN
2
Albuquerque, US
2
Pullman, US
2
Zacatecas, MX
2
Northridge, US
2
BAYLUlocation not on record
2
Uppsala, SE
2
San Jose, US
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
The University of Arizonalocation not on record
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
Chapingo, MX
1
Post Graduate College Bannulocation not on record
1
Government College University Lahore, Dr. Sultan Ahmad Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Calabar, NG
1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
1
Burlington, US
1
Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxicolocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
Lubbock, US
1
GMBAlocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
Mérida, MX
1
Brookings, US
1
Angwin, US
1
GZUlocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Millersville, US
1
88 institutions · 1 607 of 1 668 vouchered records shown · 61 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA34 detections
Where the DNA of Oligomeris linifolia 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 found34
Studies independent surveys1
Countries2
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 34 detections have coordinates
Open the map2 countries0
associates not recorded.; on silty bench abo…
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median21.7 °C 21.6–21.8
Seasonal swing summer↔winter20.9 °C
Max temp (day)27.3 °C 26.7–27.9
Min temp (night)15.0 °C 14.8–15.2
Precipitation23.0 mm/mo 8.20–37.7
Air humidity44.3 % 41.0–47.6
Moisture balance-138 mm/mo -169–-107
Vapour deficit1,457 Pa 1,385–1,528
Wind speed3.70 m/s 3.10–4.20
Cloud cover39.2 % 35.9–42.4
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 661 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI34 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗