Spergularia bocconei
(Scheele) Graebn. · speciesAt a glance
Sources10 archives
Databases and archives Spergularia bocconei's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation1 languages↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 379 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 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 & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Spergularia bocconei, Boccone's sandspurry, Greek sea-spurrey or Boccone's sea-spurrey, is a species of the genus Spergularia, in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is named after the Sicilian botanist Paolo Boccone. Scheele first published it as Alsine bocconi in 1843.Scheele, G.H.A. (1843), Flora (oder Allgemeine botanische Zeitung) 26: 431. It was transferred to the genus Spergularia by Graebner in 1919.Graebner, K.O.R.P.P. (1919), Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 5(1): 849.Several sources cite this name as Spergularia bocconi (Scheele) Foucaud ex Merino. The only source citing a bibliographic reference is Tropicos, Missouri Botanical Garden. It refers to Mem. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 2(9): 496 (1904). The abbreviation of the title is incomplete: the full title (fide IPNI) is "Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat." ("Real" was dropped in later volumes). On the cited page, the name Spergularia Bocconi Foucaud (in litt.) is found, however without a reference to the basionym (direct or indirect: neither the basionym author Scheele nor the basionym genus Alsine, nor a bibliographic reference was cited), and so this name is not admissible under ICBN (Vienna Code) Art. 32.5 and 32.6. "in litt." = in litteris, meaning "in correspondence". See Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 2(9): 496 and ICBN (Vienna Code) Art. 32 Pedersen placed the species in genus Spergula in 1984.Pedersen, T.M. (1984), Fl. Patagonica (Collecc. Cient. 8) 4a: 256.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology19
Life cycle & reproduction16
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits4
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 Spergularia bocconei 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 Spergularia bocconei 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 3624×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · brit-fl · CCDB · iber-fl +8
2n 183×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · eflora · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 183×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 92×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type4 379 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 institutions61 of 104 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| LDlocation not on record | 154 |
| San Diego, US | 145 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 110 |
| Claremont, US | 94 |
| Adelaide, AU | 61 |
| BClocation not on record | 60 |
| Berlin, DE | 56 |
| South Kensington, GB | 54 |
| Odawara, JP | 46 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 44 |
| València, ES | 39 |
| Chiba, JP | 34 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 28 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 27 |
| Alicante, ES | 27 |
| MAlocation not on record | 25 |
| Davis, US | 25 |
| Canberra, AU | 24 |
| US | 23 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 23 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 22 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 22 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 21 |
| Kensington, AU | 17 |
| ISAlocation not on record | 16 |
| Irvine, US | 16 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 16 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 15 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 14 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 14 |
| Brisbane, AU | 11 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 10 |
| Wlocation not on record | 8 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 8 |
| Badajoz, ES | 8 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 8 |
| San Francisco, US | 7 |
| Fredericton Stock Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 7 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 6 |
| National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korealocation not on record | 6 |
| Hobart, AU | 6 |
| Northridge, US | 6 |
| Granada, ES | 6 |
| Auckland, NZ | 5 |
| Salamanca, ES | 5 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Arcata, US | 5 |
| Jaén, ES | 5 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 5 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 4 |
| Kew, GB | 4 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Corvallis, US | 4 |
| Barcelona, ES | 4 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| CASlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 3 |
| Sanda, JP | 3 |
| Phoenix, US | 2 |
| Ensenada, MX | 2 |
| Arizona State University Biocollectionslocation not on record | 2 |
| Pullman, US | 2 |
| Los Angeles, US | 2 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 2 |
| Uppsala, SE | 2 |
| Riverside, US | 2 |
| Tampa, US | 2 |
| EL PASO, US | 2 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 2 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 2 |
| Armidale, AU | 2 |
| University of Patraslocation not on record | 1 |
| AUAlocation not on record | 1 |
| LIVlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, MX | 1 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 1 |
| Long Beach, US | 1 |
| Vitoria, ES | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 1 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Hiratsuka City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 1 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 1 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
Where the DNA of Spergularia bocconei 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.