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 Sedum atratum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Countries1
06Genome at a glanceGoaT
The complete instruction manualSedum atratum 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
Genome size655 260 000 bp
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).
BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb
FUNGUS0.04 Gb
INSECT0.25 Gb
THIS GENOME Sedum atratum0.66 Gb
HUMAN3.2 Gb
WHEAT17 Gb
FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type15 124 records
Wild obs. + sensor14 411
Museum / vouchered585
Cultivated / captive1
Other127
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO14 048 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 accuracy30% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 916≤1 km 1 468≤10 km 7 684>10 km 344
11 412 georeferenced · 2 999 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor14 411
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 accuracy23% within 1 km
≤100 m 28≤1 km 36≤10 km 215
279 georeferenced · 306 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence585
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions29 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Salzburg, AT
127
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record
53
Chicago, US
44
BFLlocation not on record
35
LDlocation not on record
31
MAlocation not on record
25
Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record
21
Bern, CH
21
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
20
Vitoria, ES
15
Wlocation not on record
15
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
12
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record
11
San Sebastián, ES
10
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
9
València, ES
8
BRNUlocation not on record
8
Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record
7
Porrentruy, CH
6
Glarus, CH
6
GJOlocation not on record
6
Philadelphia, US
6
BDBClocation not on record
5
Oskarshamn, SE
5
BClocation not on record
5
SZUlocation not on record
4
GZUlocation not on record
4
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record
4
Berlin, DE
4
Herb. BBGlocation not on record
3
Tilburg, NL
3
Mlocation not on record
2
PRClocation not on record
2
Zürich, CH
2
Alicante, ES
2
Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record
2
Barcelona, ES
2
John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Madrid, ES
2
CJBGlocation not on record
1
Pamplona, ES
1
H-Schuhwlocation not on record
1
GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record
1
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
1
Fribourg, CH
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Göteborg, SE
1
Wellington, NZ
1
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
1
Salamanca, ES
1
Paris, FR
1
Görlitz, DE
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Madison, US
1
Lausanne, CH
1
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
1
SNSNMClocation not on record
1
Gijón, ES
1
Zürich, CH
1
59 institutions · 569 of 585 vouchered records shown · 16 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
