Silene virginica, le silène de Virginie, est une espèce de plante à fleur de la famille des Caryophyllaceae. Elle est connue pour ses fleurs d'un rouge éclatant. Chaque fleur mesure environ cinq centimètres de diamètre et est composée de cinq pétales crantés rouges qui s'étendent sur un long tube. Il s'agit d'une plante vivace de courte durée de vie, de petite taille et avec des feuilles en forme de lance. Ses tiges et la base des fleurs sont couvertes de poils courts et collants. Le silène de Virginie commence à fleurir à la fin du printemps et pendant l'été. Il est parfois cultivé dans les jardins ombragés et rocailleux de fleurs sauvages.
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 Silene virginica has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens12
Marker genes6
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
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06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · TreeOfSex
The complete instruction manualSilene virginica 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 — Morton, J. K. 2005. Documented chromosome numbers 2005: 3. Chromosome numbers in North American species of Silene and Stellaria (Caryophyllaceae). Sida 21(3): 1669–1674.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km
≤100 m 6 553≤1 km 1 353≤10 km 744>10 km 1 040
9 690 georeferenced · 2 061 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor11 751
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 accuracy42% within 1 km
≤100 m 64≤1 km 266≤10 km 369>10 km 95
794 georeferenced · 346 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 140
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 · 4 records without
Open the mapnot free-living4
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 institutions69 of 99 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
188
Bloomington, US
115
Chapel Hill, US
71
Wuzhou, CN
57
Bangkok, TH
51
Philadelphia, US
46
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
43
Knoxville, US
40
Bronx, US
34
Longwood Universitylocation not on record
32
Saint Louis, US
32
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
28
Mississippi State, US
27
Tuscaloosa, US
21
Fayetteville, US
20
Williamsburg, US
19
Jackson, US
16
BAYLUlocation not on record
12
Columbia, US
12
Asheville, US
11
Flagstaff, US
11
AUAlocation not on record
10
Fort Worth, US
9
Emporia, US
9
GAlocation not on record
9
Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record
8
Tampa, US
8
Chicago, US
8
Mount Berry, US
7
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
7
DOI/NPS, Selma to Montgomery National Historic Traillocation not on record
7
Clemson, US
7
Burlington, US
7
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
6
Johnson City, US
6
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
6
EL PASO, US
6
Norfolk, US
5
Austin, US
5
Little Rock, US
5
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
4
Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record
4
Madison, US
4
Beijing, CN
4
Richmond, US
4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
Weymouth Woods Sandhills Nature Preservelocation not on record
3
GB
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
3
Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record
3
Boise, US
3
Lubbock, US
3
Denver, US
2
Dover, US
2
College Park, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
San Angelo, US
2
Ann Arbor, US
2
Springfield, US
2
Davenport, US
2
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
2
Millersville, US
2
Phoenix, US
2
Fairfax, US
2
Dekalb, US
2
Pittsburg, US
2
San Luis Obispo, US
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Taipei, TW
1
Conway, US
1
Northridge, US
1
GJOlocation not on record
1
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva, (CSIC-UPF)location not on record
1
Kirksville, US
1
Turlock, US
1
Durham, US
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
BClocation not on record
1
Kunming, CN
1
Staten Island, US
1
North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record
1
Chicago, US
1
Lincoln, US
1
Due West, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
Chadron, US
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Macomb, US
1
Jefferson City, US
1
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
1
Mexico City, MX
1
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
1
Moscow, US
1
Salvador, BR
1
Durango, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
US
1
99 institutions · 1 126 of 1 140 vouchered records shown · 14 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Silene virginica 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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.
Modelled climatemodelled
−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C
Temperature median15.2 °C 13.4–17.5
Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.4 °C
Max temp (day)20.6 °C 19.0–23.0
Min temp (night)11.8 °C 8.70–13.1
Precipitation81.1 mm/mo 80.6–83.6
Air humidity56.9 % 55.7–59.6
Moisture balance-42.9 mm/mo -64.3–-19.1
Vapour deficit686 Pa 672–851
Wind speed3.90 m/s 3.90–4.20
Cloud cover44.7 % 41.9–47.2
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 3 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche
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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility12 897 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 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
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗