Sporobolus fertilis
(Steud.) Clayton · speciesAt a glance
Sources11 archives
Databases and archives Sporobolus fertilis's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility5 696 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI6 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 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.
Sporobolus fertilis is a species of grass native to the Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, China, Japan, and Malaysia. It is an invasive species in Australia, where it is known as giant parramatta grass. This plant first appeared in scientific literature as Agrostis fertilis in the Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum of 1854, published by the German botanist Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology22
Life cycle & reproduction8
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment14
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits1
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 Sporobolus fertilis 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 Sporobolus fertilis 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.
2n 362×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 241×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 243×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
n 181×CCDB · book-ipcn75-78
polyploid 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 type5 696 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 institutions57 of 100 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Brisbane, AU | 250 |
| Beijing, CN | 206 |
| Odawara, JP | 119 |
| Kunming, CN | 104 |
| Taipei, TW | 71 |
| Chengdu, CN | 60 |
| Tokushima, JP | 59 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 53 |
| Canberra, AU | 50 |
| Kochi, JP | 49 |
| Chiba, JP | 49 |
| Nanjing, CN | 30 |
| Bando, JP | 25 |
| Guilin, CN | 25 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 22 |
| Smithfield, AU | 21 |
| Yunnan Universitylocation not on record | 20 |
| Chengdu, CN | 19 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 19 |
| Kew, GB | 19 |
| Nishihara, JP | 18 |
| Nagano City, JP | 17 |
| Toyama, JP | 15 |
| Taipei, TW | 15 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 13 |
| Tomioka, JP | 13 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 12 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 12 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 11 |
| nlocation not on record | 10 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 10 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 10 |
| Xiamen, CN | 10 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 9 |
| Honolulu, US | 9 |
| Palmerston, AU | 9 |
| Armidale, AU | 9 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 8 |
| KR | 8 |
| CASlocation not on record | 7 |
| Changsha, CN | 7 |
| Saint Louis, US | 7 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 6 |
| Kensington, AU | 6 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Taipei, TW | 6 |
| Adelaide, AU | 6 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Sanda, JP | 5 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Toyota city nature sanctuarylocation not on record | 5 |
| Seoul, KR | 5 |
| Nishihara, JP | 4 |
| Elocation not on record | 4 |
| Osaka, JP | 4 |
| Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record | 4 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 4 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 4 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 4 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 4 |
| Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record | 3 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 3 |
| SMMUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Otaru, JP | 2 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| Jishou Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Shenzhen, CN | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| DNSMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 1 |
| SJNAlocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Yangling, CN | 1 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Pennsylvania Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| KIWElocation not on record | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Batemans Bay, AU | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
Where the DNA of Sporobolus fertilis 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.