Sorghum timorense

(Kunth) Buse ex DeVriese · species

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Poales/Poaceae/Sorghum

At a glance

Occurrence records317

Data sources5

Biological traits19

DNA specimens2

eDNA detections2

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Sorghum timorense's data was compiled from.

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility317 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI2 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics2 specimens↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

On this page5 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

Traits & measurements2 literature sources19 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF317 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries2 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD2 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT621 Mbp

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAusTraitsTRY

Size & morphology6

Fruit length4 mm

Leaf length450 mm

Leaf size10 125 mm²

Leaf width7.5 mm

Plant height3 m

Seed mass4.59 mg

Life cycle & reproduction6

Dispersal typewind

Flowering timenyyyyyynynnn

Life spanannual

Pollination syndromewind

Resprouting capacityfire_killed

Sex typeandromonoecious

Habitat & environment5

Fruit fleshinessdry

Fruit typecaryopsis

Growth formgraminoid

Leaf compoundnesssimple

Woodinessnon-woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC4

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

05DNA & barcoding2 specimens

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 Sorghum timorense has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens2

Marker genes2

eDNA detections2

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★rbcL★rbcLa

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Sorghum timorense 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 size621 030 000 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 Sorghum timorense0.62 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

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.

Chromosomes2n = 10 n = 5

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 101×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type317 records

Museum / vouchered7

Other310

Origin

Native310

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO780 km²

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 accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 7 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence7

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
State Herbarium of South Australialocation not on record	1

1 institutions · 1 of 7 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA2 detections

Where the DNA of Sorghum timorense 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 found2

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 2 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 median29.2 °C 29.2–29.2

Seasonal swing summer↔winter8.20 °C

Max temp (day)35.2 °C

Min temp (night)23.4 °C

Precipitation27.3 mm/mo

Air humidity49.1 %

Moisture balance-130 mm/mo

Vapour deficit2,060 Pa

Wind speed2.60 m/s

Cloud cover38.0 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · 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.

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