Pollia condensata, sometimes called the marble berry, is a perennial herbaceous plant with stoloniferous stems and hard, dry, shiny, round, metallic blue fruit. It is found in forested regions of Africa. The blue colour of the fruit, created by structural coloration, is the most intense of any known biological material.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Pollia condensata has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences6
eDNA detections1
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Pollia condensata isolate JFP058 small subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; internal transcribed spacer 1, 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, and internal transcribed spacer 2, complete sequence; and large subunit ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence
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.
★matK3★rbcL2★ITS1
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualPollia condensata 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Faden, R. B. & Y. Suda. 1980. Cytotaxonomy of Commelinaceae: chromosome counts of some African and Asiatic species. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 81: 301–325.
CCDB · book-ipcn72 — JONES, K., & c. JOPLING. 1972. Chromosomes and the classification of the Commelinaceae. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 65: 129-162.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — MORTON, J. K. 1967. The Commelinaceae of West Africa: a biosystematic survey. Jour. Linn. soc. Bot. 60: 167-221.
CCDB · book-fedorov — Mangenot S., Mangenot G. 1958, 1962
CCDB · book-fedorov — Morton J. K. 1967 1
CCDB · Cave1959 — Mang. & Mang. 1958
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 26≤1 km 10≤10 km 3>10 km 2
41 georeferenced · 26 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor67
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 accuracy25% within 1 km
≤100 m 3≤1 km 1≤10 km 8>10 km 4
16 georeferenced · 1 057 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 073
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 institutions17 of 52 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
154
Kew, GB
95
MeiseBGlocation not on record
85
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
70
WAGlocation not on record
55
Yaoundé, CM
50
LBVlocation not on record
47
Plocation not on record
36
BRLUlocation not on record
36
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
32
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
28
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
18
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
18
MAlocation not on record
16
IPHAMETRAlocation not on record
15
Brussels, BE
12
Paris, FR
10
National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record
8
Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record
8
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
7
Bronx, US
5
Université du Lomélocation not on record
5
TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record
5
Dresden, DE
4
Coimbra, PT
4
Pretoria, ZA
4
Arusha, TZ
4
Glocation not on record
3
Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung: Senckenberg Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseumlocation not on record
3
EFGlocation not on record
3
EAlocation not on record
3
Frankfurt am Main
3
Centre National de Floristique - Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNYlocation not on record
3
Elocation not on record
3
Claremont, US
2
DSMlocation not on record
2
Mlocation not on record
2
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
2
Llocation not on record
2
LISClocation not on record
2
Edinburgh, GB
2
PRPlocation not on record
2
Honolulu, US
1
National Institute of Hygienic Scienceslocation not on record
1
Université Nangui Abrogoualocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Berlin, DE
1
Clocation not on record
1
North Carolina Zoological Parklocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
1
52 institutions · 878 of 1 073 vouchered records shown · 195 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Pollia condensata 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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.
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GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 140 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗