Polycarpaea repens

(Forssk.) Asch. & Schweinf. · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Caryophyllaceae/Polycarpaea

At a glance

Occurrence records355

Data sources8

Biological traits14

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections4

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Polycarpaea repens's data was compiled from.

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility355 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources14 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF355 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries4 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD · NCBI4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 18

01Narrative

مكر أو لعلعلة أو رقيقة واسمها العلمي هي عشبة حولية من الفصيلة القرنفلية. يتكاثر النبات في المناطق الرملية ويعد من النباتات الرعوية. يصل طوله إلى 30 سم ويغطي سيقانه زغب أبيض، أوراقه شبه متلاصقه وصغيرة بطول 1 سم، أزهاره صغيرة للغاية ومتكدسة بأعداد كثيرة. ذكره الشاعر الأموي ذو الرمة في بيت شعر له: مكوراً وجدراً من رخامى وخلفة وما اهتز من ثدائه المتربل ينتشر النبات في عموم شبه الجزيرة العربية وجنوب غرب آسيا وفي الجهة الجنوبية من البحر الأبيض المتوسط.

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02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Seed mass0.204 mg

Life cycle & reproduction5

Flowering endApr

Flowering startMar

Life formperennial or subshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment6

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatedesert or dry shrubland

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 Polycarpaea repens has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes2

GenBank sequences10

eDNA detections4

Countries1

The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species

ITSKX282345.1 ↗419 bpKuwait

ACGT

CGTGAACCATCGAGTTTTTGNACGCNAGTTGCGCCCGAAGCTTCGGCTGAGGGCACGTCTGCCTGGGCGTCACGCATCGCGTCTCCCCCA …

Polycarpaea repens voucher EDNA15-0042967 5.8S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence; 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.

★rbcL3★ITS7

plant barcodefungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Polycarpaea repens 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.

Chromosomes2n = 18 n = 9

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 181×CCDB · book-fedorov

CCDB · book-fedorov — Reese 1957

n 91×CCDB · Cave1957

CCDB · Cave1957 — Reese

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type355 records

Wild obs. + sensor279

Museum / vouchered76

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO688 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy34% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 2≤10 km 21>10 km 2

35 georeferenced · 244 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor279

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 accuracy27% within 1 km

≤1 km 4≤10 km 8>10 km 3

15 georeferenced · 61 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence76

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 institutions10 of 16 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Wlocation not on record	16
Kew, GB	11
PRClocation not on record	9
Edinburgh, GB	8
Phoenix, US	2
Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record	2
Paris, FR	2
Berlin, DE	2
Saint Louis, US	2
IFAN Ch. A. Dioplocation not on record	1
Rishon Le Zion, IL	1
Provo, US	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record	1
Bloomington, US	1

16 institutions · 61 of 76 vouchered records shown · 15 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA4 detections

Where the DNA of Polycarpaea repens 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 found4

Studies independent surveys1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 4 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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