Phalaris coerulescens
Desf. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Phalaris coerulescens's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 536 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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.
Phalaris coerulescens, the sunolgrass, is a plant in the family Poaceae.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology12
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Phalaris coerulescens across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds11 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (S)-(+)-Coerulescine | present | LOTUS | |
| 1-[(1S,12R)-8-methoxy-21-methyl-11-oxa-6,19,21-triazahexacyclo[10.7.4.01,12.02,10.03,7.013,18]tricosa-2,4,7,9,13,15,17-heptaen-4-yl]-N,N-dimethylmethanamine | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Methyl-6-methoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-beta-carboline | present | LOTUS | |
| Bufotenin | present | LOTUS | |
| Coerulescine | present | LOTUS | |
| N,N'-Dimethyltryptamine | present | LOTUS | |
| N,N-Dimethyltryptamine | present | LOTUS | |
| O-Methylbufotenine | present | LOTUS | |
| Phalarine | 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 Phalaris coerulescens 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 Phalaris coerulescens 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 1420×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl +7
2n 424×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +1
2n 282×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · Cave1956
n 77×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid 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 type3 536 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.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions35 of 62 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 173 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 60 |
| Olocation not on record | 45 |
| Badajoz, ES | 45 |
| MAlocation not on record | 28 |
| Berlin, DE | 28 |
| València, ES | 24 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 20 |
| LDlocation not on record | 19 |
| Córdoba, ES | 17 |
| BClocation not on record | 14 |
| Vitoria, ES | 13 |
| Pamplona, ES | 13 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 11 |
| Barcelona, ES | 10 |
| Madrid, ES | 9 |
| Granada, ES | 9 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 8 |
| Canberra, AU | 8 |
| Salamanca, ES | 7 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 7 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 6 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 6 |
| Uppsala, SE | 5 |
| Coimbra, PT | 5 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 5 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 5 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 5 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 5 |
| Wlocation not on record | 4 |
| Sevilla, ES | 3 |
| Alicante, ES | 3 |
| Dresden, DE | 3 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 3 |
| Bern, CH | 2 |
| Córdoba, AR | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Paris, FR | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Jaén, ES | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| Görlitz, DE | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Phalaris coerulescens 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.