Smilax lasioneura
Hook. · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Smilax lasioneura's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 817 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics7 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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.
Smilax lasioneura, the Blue Ridge carrionflower, is a North American species of flowering plants in the greenbriar family. It is widespread across central Canada and the central United States, from Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan south to Texas, Louisiana, and Florida.Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution mapHooker, William Jackson 1840. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: 173 description in Latin, habitat information in EnglishHooker, William Jackson 1840. Flora Boreali-Americana 2: plate CLXXXVII (187) figure A line drawing of Smilax lasioneura Smilax lasioneura is an erect, branching herb up to 250 cm (5 feet) tall. Flowers are small but numerous, in umbels of many flowers. Berries are round, blue to almost black.Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 474 Smilax lasioneura Hooker
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology6
Life cycle & reproduction6
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment6
Physiology & chemistry3
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 Smilax lasioneura 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 Smilax lasioneura 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 263×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · eflora
n 131×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
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.
Record type2 817 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 institutions42 of 71 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Madison, US | 224 |
| St. Paul, US | 192 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 107 |
| Bloomington, US | 94 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 60 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 41 |
| Saint Louis, US | 30 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 30 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 25 |
| Denver, US | 23 |
| Chadron, US | 21 |
| Bronx, US | 20 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 16 |
| Green Bay, US | 15 |
| Dekalb, US | 12 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 10 |
| Spearfish, US | 9 |
| Tampa, US | 9 |
| Little Rock, US | 8 |
| Lincoln, US | 8 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 8 |
| Burlington, US | 8 |
| Chicago, US | 7 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 7 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 6 |
| Jackson, US | 6 |
| Fayetteville, US | 6 |
| Macomb, US | 5 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 5 |
| Bangkok, TH | 5 |
| Davenport, US | 5 |
| University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 4 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 4 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Miami, US | 4 |
| GAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Austin, US | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 3 |
| Springfield, US | 3 |
| Knoxville, US | 3 |
| Whitewater, US | 3 |
| Bozeman, US | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 2 |
| Flagstaff, US | 2 |
| Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record | 2 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record | 2 |
| WINlocation not on record | 2 |
| GB | 2 |
| Conway, US | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 2 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| CONCOLlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mississippi State, US | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| San Angelo, US | 1 |
| Royal Ontario Museum, Green Plant Herbarium (TRT)location not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jefferson City, US | 1 |
| Fargo, US | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| Brookings, US | 1 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jurica-Suchy Nature Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Smilax lasioneura 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.