Phyllanthus caroliniensis
Walter · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Phyllanthus caroliniensis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 360 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 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.
Phyllanthus caroliniensis, the Carolina leafflower, is a flowering plant native to the Americas, from the southeastern United StatesPhyllanthus caroliniensis Walter, USDA PLANTS all the way to Argentina. The flowers are small and located where the leaf meets the stem.Phyllanthus caroliniensis Walt., missouriplants.com This plant is extremely widely distributed in the New World. In the United States it grows in open, moist areas, sometimes in association with disturbance, such as the edges of lakes, ponds, and streams, forest openings, and depressions in grasslands. It has been reported from Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Washington, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; in most of these areas it is the only native species of Phyllanthus. It was also recently collected in San Diego, California, where it has been introduced and may become established.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
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 Phyllanthus caroliniensis 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 Phyllanthus caroliniensis 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.
2n 282×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 181×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
2n 361×CCDB · Cave1962
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type1 360 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 institutions74 of 133 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chicago, US | 164 |
| Durango, MX | 98 |
| Saint Louis, US | 53 |
| Bronx, US | 42 |
| Madison, US | 26 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 25 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 22 |
| Fort Worth, US | 22 |
| Jackson, US | 21 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 21 |
| Miami, US | 20 |
| Williamsburg, US | 20 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 19 |
| Corrientes, AR | 16 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 16 |
| Austin, US | 13 |
| Berlin, DE | 13 |
| Durham, US | 13 |
| Bangkok, TH | 13 |
| Blumenau, BR | 12 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 12 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 12 |
| San Isidro, AR | 10 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 10 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 10 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 10 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 8 |
| Mexico City, MX | 8 |
| Fundación Desarrollo y Ambiente FUNDAlocation not on record | 8 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 8 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 8 |
| Instituto do Meio Ambientelocation not on record | 7 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 7 |
| Clemson, US | 5 |
| Kew, GB | 5 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 5 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 5 |
| Mississippi State, US | 5 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 5 |
| CASlocation not on record | 5 |
| Davis, US | 4 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 4 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 4 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 4 |
| Millersville, US | 4 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 4 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 4 |
| Burlington, US | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Criciúma, BR | 3 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 3 |
| Edmonton, CA | 3 |
| College Park, US | 3 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 3 |
| Brasília, BR | 3 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Conway, US | 2 |
| Xiamen, CN | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 2 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 2 |
| Loja, EC | 2 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 2 |
| San José, CR | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Cascavel, BR | 2 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 2 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 2 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| Tapachula, MX | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Fairfax, US | 2 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 2 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional de Misiones- CONICETlocation not on record | 1 |
| Lake Charles, US | 1 |
| Phoenix, US | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| Walla Walla, US | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 1 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, BO | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| Mérida, MX | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Londrina, BR | 1 |
| Glocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 1 |
| Pomona Collegelocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Culiacán, MX | 1 |
Where the DNA of Phyllanthus caroliniensis 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.