Scilla bifolia
speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Scilla bifolia's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility43 587 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Der Speta-Blaustern (Scilla spetana) ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Blausterne (Scilla) in der Familie der Spargelgewächse (Asparagaceae).
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction14
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry6
Other traits1
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 Scilla bifolia 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 Scilla bifolia 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 3655×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl +4
2n 1844×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl +8
2n 5411×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +1
2n 203×CCDB · book-fedorov
2n 162×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
2n 262×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · Cave1959
2n 271×CCDB · ita-fl
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid 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 type43 587 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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions32 of 75 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 | 267 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 247 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 136 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 92 |
| LDlocation not on record | 80 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 63 |
| Salzburg, AT | 59 |
| Zürich, CH | 57 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 49 |
| Bern, CH | 49 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 44 |
| Berlin, DE | 39 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 30 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 29 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 28 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 28 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 27 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 25 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 19 |
| Mlocation not on record | 19 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 19 |
| Paris, FR | 14 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 13 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 13 |
| Dresden, DE | 13 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 12 |
| Wlocation not on record | 11 |
| Zürich, CH | 10 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 7 |
| Bourges, FR | 7 |
| Wellington, NZ | 6 |
| Görlitz, DE | 6 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 5 |
| Fulda, DE | 5 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 5 |
| Auckland, NZ | 5 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 4 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 3 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| Tilburg, NL | 3 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Copenhagen, DK | 2 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| BGBMlocation not on record | 2 |
| New Haven, US | 2 |
| MAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| H-Meierottlocation not on record | 1 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Clocation not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| CJBNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Firenze, IT | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Hohlalocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Musee National d'histoire Naturelle Luxembourglocation not on record | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| PRClocation not on record | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Scilla bifolia 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.