Parapholis incurva
(L.) C.E.Hubb. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Parapholis incurva's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 964 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI16 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics23 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 & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Parapholis incurva is a species of grass native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, and widely naturalised elsewhere. Common names include coast barbgrass, curved sea hard grass, curved hard-grass, sicklegrass, curved sicklegrass and curved parapholis.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology20
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment15
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits3
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 Parapholis incurva 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 Parapholis incurva 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 3815×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +6
2n 369×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +4
2n 422×CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 141×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
2n 281×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
2n 331×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
n 1910×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +1
n 215×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · Cave1958 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 124×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 71×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
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 type11 964 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 institutions92 of 157 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 | 318 |
| LDlocation not on record | 183 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 157 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 137 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 106 |
| BClocation not on record | 95 |
| Canberra, AU | 85 |
| Claremont, US | 84 |
| Kensington, AU | 83 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 82 |
| Davis, US | 76 |
| San Diego, US | 75 |
| Hobart, AU | 75 |
| València, ES | 72 |
| Auckland, NZ | 67 |
| Barcelona, ES | 60 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 57 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 56 |
| MAlocation not on record | 50 |
| Berlin, DE | 42 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 39 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 35 |
| Wellington, NZ | 34 |
| Riverside, US | 33 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 31 |
| US | 29 |
| Brisbane, AU | 27 |
| Wlocation not on record | 24 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 21 |
| Vitoria, ES | 20 |
| South Kensington, GB | 19 |
| San Isidro, AR | 19 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 17 |
| Alicante, ES | 17 |
| Badajoz, ES | 16 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 16 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 16 |
| Logan, US | 16 |
| Salamanca, ES | 16 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 15 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 15 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 14 |
| Kew, GB | 14 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 14 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 13 |
| Dresden, DE | 13 |
| Córdoba, ES | 12 |
| Odawara, JP | 11 |
| Granada, ES | 10 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 10 |
| Arcata, US | 10 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 10 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Saint Louis, US | 9 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 9 |
| National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record | 9 |
| Sevilla, ES | 9 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 9 |
| Pamplona, ES | 9 |
| Jaén, ES | 8 |
| Corvallis, US | 8 |
| Long Beach, US | 6 |
| Pamplona, ES | 6 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 6 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 6 |
| Parkville, AU | 6 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 6 |
| CASlocation not on record | 6 |
| Bloomington, US | 5 |
| Armidale, AU | 5 |
| Angwin, US | 5 |
| Pullman, US | 5 |
| Austin, US | 5 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 5 |
| Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, AR | 5 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 5 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 5 |
| Columbia, US | 5 |
| Bronx, US | 5 |
| Madrid, ES | 5 |
| Durban, ZA | 5 |
| Los Angeles, US | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 4 |
| Fort Worth, US | 4 |
| Irvine, US | 4 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 4 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| The University of Arizonalocation not on record | 3 |
| Castelar, AR | 3 |
| Coimbra, PT | 3 |
| Palmerston, AU | 3 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 3 |
| Northridge, US | 3 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| BGPAlocation not on record | 2 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Sanda, JP | 2 |
| Nanjing, CN | 2 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 2 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herbario Universidad de Concepciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Jose, US | 2 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hunan Geological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| nlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo civico di Ecologia e Storia naturale di Marano sul Panarolocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| Bureau of Land Management, Medford District Officelocation not on record | 1 |
| Palmerston North, NZ | 1 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 1 |
| La Trobe Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Shanghai, CN | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ashland, US | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Torreón, MX | 1 |
| Zapopan, MX | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 1 |
| Xiamen, CN | 1 |
| Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 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 Parapholis incurva 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.