Sisyrinchium micranthum
Cav. · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Sisyrinchium micranthum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility14 125 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI52 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics47 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
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Sisyrinchium micranthum, commonly known as blue pigroot or striped rush-leaf, is a grass-like species in the iris family, Iridaceae. It is native to Mexico, Central America, and South America and widely naturalised elsewhere. The white to cream flowers are between 10 and 20 mm in diameter and have blue to purple centres. These are followed by rounded 3 to 8 mm brown capsules that enclose the dark brown seeds.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology18
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry2
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 Sisyrinchium micranthum 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 Sisyrinchium micranthum 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 485×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · kew
2n 161×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
2n 181×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
2n 321×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type14 125 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 institutions80 of 169 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Porto Alegre, BR | 296 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 208 |
| Jardín Botánico de Bogotá José Celestino Mutis (JBB)location not on record | 188 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 127 |
| Saint Louis, US | 118 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 83 |
| Durango, MX | 48 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 47 |
| Bronx, US | 46 |
| Blumenau, BR | 38 |
| Canberra, AU | 33 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 27 |
| Hobart, AU | 26 |
| Adelaide, AU | 21 |
| Jackson, US | 21 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 19 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 18 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 18 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 17 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 16 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 16 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 15 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 15 |
| Auckland, NZ | 15 |
| Mexico City, MX | 14 |
| Universidade Federal de Pelotaslocation not on record | 13 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 11 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 11 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 10 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 10 |
| Austin, US | 10 |
| South Kensington, GB | 9 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 9 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 9 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 9 |
| Buenos Aires, AR | 8 |
| Lake Charles, US | 8 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 7 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 7 |
| Brisbane, AU | 7 |
| Corrientes, AR | 7 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 7 |
| Durban, ZA | 7 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 6 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 6 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 6 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 6 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 6 |
| Riverside, US | 5 |
| San Isidro, AR | 5 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 5 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 5 |
| Armidale, AU | 5 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 5 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 4 |
| Kensington, AU | 4 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 4 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 4 |
| Salvador, BR | 4 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 4 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 4 |
| Davis, US | 4 |
| Tampa, US | 4 |
| Cascavel, BR | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Brasília, BR | 4 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 4 |
| Pelotas, BR | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 4 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 3 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 3 |
| Criciúma, BR | 3 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| Sendai, JP | 3 |
| Londrina, BR | 3 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 3 |
| San José, CR | 3 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 3 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 3 |
| La Paz, BO | 3 |
| Loja, EC | 3 |
| Chiba, JP | 3 |
| Smithfield, AU | 3 |
| Madison, US | 3 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 3 |
| Toyama, JP | 3 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 3 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chicago, US | 2 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 2 |
| Wellington, NZ | 2 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 2 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 2 |
| Irvine, US | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Santa Maria, BR | 2 |
| COLlocation not on record | 2 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 2 |
| Puebla, MX | 2 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 2 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 2 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jardín Botánico José Celestino Mutis (JBBJCM)location not on record | 2 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| León, NI | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| INTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| GB | 1 |
| UDESC-CAVlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de Pamplona (UPamplona)location not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 1 |
| CUVClocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbus State University Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbus State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Aarhus, DK | 1 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Tapachula, MX | 1 |
| Quito, EC | 1 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| UFSMlocation not on record | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 1 |
| Córdoba, AR | 1 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade Paulistalocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Cenit Transporte y Logística de Hidrocarburos S.A.S. (CENIT)location not on record | 1 |
| Parkville, AU | 1 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| IAPlocation not on record | 1 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 1 |
| FMBlocation not on record | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 1 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 1 |
| UFSJlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Sisyrinchium micranthum 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.