Ranunculus abortivus
speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Ranunculus abortivus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 988 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI18 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics37 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ranunculus abortivus is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Its common names include littleleaf buttercup, small-flower crowfoot, small-flowered buttercup, and kidneyleaf buttercup.Ranunculus abortivus. NatureServe. 2012. It is widespread across much of North America, found in all ten Canadian provinces as well as Yukon and the Northwest Territories, and most of the United States, except Hawaii, Oregon, California, and parts of the Southwest. The specific epithet abortivus is an adjective from Latin "pass away". It is unknown to what it refers, but it might describe the small petals that look like they have not fully developed.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction25
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment24
Physiology & chemistry18
Uses & economy15
Other traits6
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 Ranunculus abortivus 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 Ranunculus abortivus 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 1612×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · book-ipcn65 · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +5
n 84×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
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.
How it livedPBDB
Record type17 988 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 institutions115 of 184 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 520 |
| Philadelphia, US | 474 |
| Madison, US | 454 |
| St. Paul, US | 295 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 173 |
| Bloomington, US | 149 |
| Green Bay, US | 124 |
| Bronx, US | 108 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 108 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 104 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 99 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 99 |
| Québec, CA | 94 |
| College Park, US | 90 |
| Burlington, US | 84 |
| Williamsburg, US | 70 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 62 |
| Emporia, US | 59 |
| Saint Louis, US | 59 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 58 |
| New Haven, US | 57 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 52 |
| Allentown, US | 50 |
| Whitewater, US | 43 |
| Toronto, CA | 43 |
| Tampa, US | 38 |
| Pittsburg, US | 37 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 36 |
| Saint John, CA | 30 |
| Chadron, US | 29 |
| Fort Worth, US | 28 |
| Knoxville, US | 28 |
| Montréal, CA | 27 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 27 |
| Millersville, US | 26 |
| Norfolk, US | 26 |
| Jackson, US | 26 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 23 |
| Missoula, US | 21 |
| Columbia, US | 21 |
| Spearfish, US | 19 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 19 |
| Denver, US | 18 |
| Flagstaff, US | 17 |
| Fayetteville, US | 16 |
| Victoria, CA | 16 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 15 |
| Dekalb, US | 15 |
| Brookings, US | 15 |
| GB | 14 |
| Staten Island, US | 14 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 13 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 13 |
| Bozeman, US | 12 |
| USFS/BHSClocation not on record | 12 |
| GAlocation not on record | 11 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 10 |
| New Brunswick, US | 10 |
| Davenport, US | 10 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 9 |
| US | 9 |
| WINlocation not on record | 9 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 9 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 8 |
| Vancouver, CA | 8 |
| Philadelphia, US | 8 |
| Morgantown, US | 8 |
| Waverly, US | 8 |
| Austin, US | 8 |
| Boise, US | 8 |
| Auckland, NZ | 8 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 7 |
| Richmond, US | 7 |
| Chicago, US | 7 |
| Moscow, US | 7 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 7 |
| Fairfax, US | 6 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 6 |
| Miami, US | 6 |
| Smithsonian Institutionlocation not on record | 6 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| Lincoln, US | 6 |
| Longwood Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record | 5 |
| Pullman, US | 5 |
| Kirksville, US | 5 |
| Little Rock, US | 5 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 5 |
| Chicago, US | 5 |
| Washington, US | 5 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 5 |
| Edmonton, CA | 4 |
| Clemson, US | 4 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Asheville, US | 4 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 4 |
| Dover, US | 4 |
| University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record | 4 |
| Durham, US | 4 |
| Johnson City, US | 4 |
| Kingston, US | 4 |
| EL PASO, US | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Lethbridgelocation not on record | 4 |
| Mexico City, MX | 4 |
| Yukon Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Phoenix, US | 3 |
| Decorah, US | 3 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 3 |
| Oswego, US | 3 |
| Jefferson City, US | 3 |
| Conway, US | 3 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tempe, US | 3 |
| Davis, US | 3 |
| Hamilton, US | 3 |
| Macomb, US | 3 |
| Albuquerque, US | 2 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Mississippi State, US | 2 |
| Helsinki, FI | 2 |
| Sendai, JP | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| Springfield, US | 2 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 2 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| DULlocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Russellville, US | 2 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Anchorage, US | 2 |
| Black Rock Forest Consortiumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 2 |
| LDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Harrisonburg, US | 1 |
| Provo, US | 1 |
| Weber State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mount Pleasant, US | 1 |
| Denton, US | 1 |
| MAlocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 1 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 1 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 1 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record | 1 |
| Dublin, IE | 1 |
| Grand Junction, US | 1 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Royal Alberta Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| UMKClocation not on record | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
Where the DNA of Ranunculus abortivus 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.