Panicum dichotomiflorum
Michx. · speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Panicum dichotomiflorum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility20 439 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System33 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI27 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics36 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
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.
Panicum dichotomiflorum, known by the common names fall panicgrass, autumn millet (Britain and Ireland), and fall panicum is a species of Poaceae "true grass". It is native to much of the eastern United States and parts of Canada, and it can be found in the Western United States through California. It may be an introduced species in some western climates.Grass Manual Treatment It grows in many types of habitat, including disturbed areas and chaparral habitats.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction31
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment28
Physiology & chemistry23
Uses & economy15
Other traits5
Compounds documented for Panicum dichotomiflorum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds30 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-alpha-Thujone | present | NPASS | |
| (1R)-2,2,4-trimethyl-5-oxocyclohex-3-ene-1-carboxylic acid | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,2S,4aR,5R,8aS)-4a-methyl-8-methylidene-2-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8a-octahydronaphthalene-1,5-diol | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,3R,5S)-3-hydroxy-7,7-dimethyl-2-methylidenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptan-6-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S)-3-methyl-5-[(1R,2R,4S)-1,3,3-trimethyl-7-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl]pent-1-en-3-ol | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,3'S,3aR,4S,4'R,5'S,6S,8'R,9'E,10E,11aR)-3',4-dihydroxy-3,5',10,10'-tetramethylspiro[3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydro-3H-cyclodeca[b]furan-6,15'-7,14-dioxatricyclo[11.4.0.04,8]heptadeca-1(13),9-diene]-2,6',7-trione | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,3aR,4S,10E,11aR)-4-hydroxy-3,10-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3a,4,5,8,9,11a-hexahydro-3H-cyclodeca[b]furan-2,7-dione | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,3aR,4S,5aR,6R,9aS,9bR)-4,6-dihydroxy-3,5a,9-trimethyl-3,3a,4,5,6,7,9a,9b-octahydrobenzo[g][1]benzofuran-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,3aR,4S,5aR,6R,9aS,9bR)-4,6-dihydroxy-3,5a-dimethyl-9-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,7,8,9a,9b-octahydro-3H-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,3aR,4S,5Z,7S,10E,11aR)-4,7-dihydroxy-3,6,10-trimethyl-3a,4,7,8,9,11a-hexahydro-3H-cyclodeca[b]furan-2-one | present | NPASS |
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 Panicum dichotomiflorum 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 Panicum dichotomiflorum 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 5418×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · croinout · CCDB · iber-fl +5
2n 362×CCDB · croinout · CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 552×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 181×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
n 271×CCDB · Cave1958
hexaploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
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 type20 472 records
Origin
Range
Depth
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 institutions180 of 343 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bronx, US | 236 |
| Philadelphia, US | 202 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 201 |
| Saint Louis, US | 175 |
| Sanda, JP | 171 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 165 |
| Odawara, JP | 152 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 146 |
| Québec, CA | 99 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 96 |
| Nagano City, JP | 95 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 87 |
| Chiba, JP | 80 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 74 |
| San Isidro, AR | 72 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 68 |
| Burlington, US | 58 |
| Davis, US | 55 |
| Williamsburg, US | 53 |
| Kochi, JP | 53 |
| Emporia, US | 51 |
| Auckland, NZ | 45 |
| Brussel, BE | 43 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 43 |
| Fort Worth, US | 42 |
| Corrientes, AR | 42 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 42 |
| Miami, US | 42 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 42 |
| Austin, US | 41 |
| Tokushima, JP | 41 |
| Kew, GB | 37 |
| New Haven, US | 35 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 35 |
| Logan, US | 32 |
| Zürich, CH | 32 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 31 |
| Allentown, US | 31 |
| Toyama, JP | 29 |
| US | 29 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 29 |
| Bando, JP | 28 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 27 |
| Tampa, US | 25 |
| Columbia, US | 25 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 24 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 24 |
| Salzburg, AT | 23 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 22 |
| Madison, US | 22 |
| Jackson, US | 22 |
| Brasília, BR | 21 |
| Tomioka, JP | 21 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 20 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 19 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 19 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR | 18 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 18 |
| Green Bay, US | 18 |
| Hiratsuka City Museumlocation not on record | 18 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 17 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 17 |
| Wlocation not on record | 17 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 16 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 16 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 16 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 16 |
| College Park, US | 15 |
| Fundación Miguel Lillolocation not on record | 15 |
| KIWElocation not on record | 15 |
| Mississippi State, US | 15 |
| Otaru, JP | 15 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 15 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 15 |
| GB | 15 |
| Staten Island, US | 14 |
| Claremont, US | 14 |
| Saint John, CA | 14 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 14 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 14 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 14 |
| Norfolk, US | 14 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 14 |
| Pittsburg, US | 13 |
| IDElocation not on record | 13 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 12 |
| Denver, US | 12 |
| Wellington, NZ | 12 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 12 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 12 |
| Flagstaff, US | 12 |
| Barcelona, ES | 12 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Millersville, US | 11 |
| Philadelphia, US | 11 |
| Glocation not on record | 11 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 11 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 11 |
| Sendai, JP | 11 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 10 |
| Dekalb, US | 10 |
| Montréal, CA | 10 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 9 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 9 |
| Clemson, US | 9 |
| Zürich, CH | 9 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 9 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 9 |
| Castelar, AR | 9 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 9 |
| Chicago, US | 9 |
| Helsinki, FI | 9 |
| NoColllocation not on record | 9 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 8 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 8 |
| Knoxville, US | 8 |
| Moscow, US | 8 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 8 |
| San Angelo, US | 8 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 8 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 8 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 8 |
| Kirksville, US | 7 |
| Salvador, BR | 7 |
| Brasília, BR | 7 |
| EL PASO, US | 7 |
| JP | 7 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 7 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 7 |
| Badajoz, ES | 7 |
| Xiamen, CN | 7 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 7 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 7 |
| Toronto, CA | 7 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 7 |
| Angwin, US | 6 |
| KR | 6 |
| San Diego, US | 6 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 6 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 6 |
| Salamanca, ES | 6 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 6 |
| Bangkok, TH | 6 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 6 |
| Chicago, US | 6 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 6 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Whitewater, US | 6 |
| Durham, US | 6 |
| Bern, CH | 6 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 6 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 6 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 6 |
| US | 6 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 6 |
| Nishihara, JP | 6 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 6 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 6 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 6 |
| Embrapa Amazônia Oriental, Ministry of Agriculturelocation not on record | 6 |
| Mexico City, MX | 5 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 5 |
| Beijing Normal Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 5 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Plocation not on record | 5 |
| Davenport, US | 5 |
| Asheville, US | 5 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 5 |
| BClocation not on record | 5 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 5 |
| Mlocation not on record | 5 |
| Beijing, CN | 5 |
| DanBIFlocation not on record | 5 |
| H-Meierottlocation not on record | 5 |
| Vancouver, CA | 5 |
| Washington, US | 4 |
| Lincoln, US | 4 |
| Phoenix, US | 4 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 4 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 4 |
| H-Hohlalocation not on record | 4 |
| Dover, US | 4 |
| Boise, US | 4 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 4 |
| Cheney, US | 4 |
| Henderson, US | 4 |
| Turku, FI | 4 |
| La Paz, BO | 4 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 4 |
| Springfield, US | 4 |
| Fayetteville, US | 4 |
| Osaka, JP | 4 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Bend, US | 3 |
| Macomb, US | 3 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| Taipei, TW | 3 |
| Hobart, AU | 3 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 3 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 3 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Lubbock, US | 3 |
| GAlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 3 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Córdoba, ES | 3 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 3 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 3 |
| ZRC-SAZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| St. Paul, US | 3 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Victoria, CA | 2 |
| Dresden, DE | 2 |
| Edmonton, CA | 2 |
| Guasave, MX | 2 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 2 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| Londrina, BR | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 2 |
| Institute of Ecology of the Volga river basin of Russian Academy of Sciences | IEVB RASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Durango, MX | 2 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 2 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 2 |
| Vitoria, ES | 2 |
| Jefferson City, US | 2 |
| Criciúma, BR | 2 |
| Canadian Museum of Nature, National Herbarium of Canadalocation not on record | 2 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 2 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Texas Lutheran Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Corvallis, US | 2 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Lausanne, CH | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Oswego, US | 2 |
| State University of New York, College at Oneontalocation not on record | 2 |
| Pocatello, US | 2 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| Caldwell, US | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Due West, US | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Missoula, US | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 1 |
| Kuopio, FI | 1 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Stephenville, US | 1 |
| Richmond, US | 1 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| Ashland, US | 1 |
| Fairfax, US | 1 |
| University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| sonstHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Misiones- CONICETlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Pesquisas Ambientaislocation not on record | 1 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Pelotaslocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Bayreuthlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Adlerlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Diewaldlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| SJNAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Berry, US | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| University of Nevada, Museum of Biologylocation not on record | 1 |
| UMKClocation not on record | 1 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| SCZlocation not on record | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| University of Central Missourilocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, 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 Panicum dichotomiflorum 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.