Symphoricarpos occidentalis, commonly called western snowberry or wolfberry, is a woody species of flowering plant in the honeysuckle family. Wolfberry is not to be confused with Lycium chinense and L. barbarum (goji), which are also known as wolfberry.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
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 Symphoricarpos occidentalis has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens13
Marker genes5
eDNA detections10
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.
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plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualSymphoricarpos occidentalis 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.
Chromosomes2n = 36 n = 18
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 361×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Love, A. & D. Love. 1982. In: A Löve (ed.), IOPB chromosome number reports LXXV. Taxon 31(2): 344–360.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy92% within 1 km
≤100 m 5 196≤1 km 865≤10 km 234>10 km 288
6 583 georeferenced · 1 212 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor7 795
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 accuracy34% within 1 km
≤100 m 141≤1 km 298≤10 km 697>10 km 149
1 285 georeferenced · 693 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence1 978
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy
no georeferenced coordinates · 4 records without
Open the mapnot free-living4
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
10Collections & institutions
Holding institutions75 of 110 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Wuzhou, CN
412
St. Paul, US
246
Chadron, US
100
Bronx, US
90
WINlocation not on record
87
Missoula, US
81
Denver, US
75
Madison, US
71
DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record
69
Bozeman, US
65
Spearfish, US
50
Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record
43
Vancouver, CA
42
Tempe, US
35
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
30
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
26
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record
25
Lincoln, US
24
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record
19
WTUlocation not on record
18
Pullman, US
15
Toronto, CA
15
Boise, US
15
Brookings, US
14
Moscow, US
14
Ann Arbor, US
12
Allentown, US
12
Victoria, CA
11
Bangkok, TH
10
Albuquerque, US
10
Saint Louis, US
9
Bloomington, US
9
Dekalb, US
9
Fargo, US
8
Science Museum of Minnesotalocation not on record
8
Pocatello, US
7
Emporia, US
7
University of Lethbridgelocation not on record
7
USFS/BHSClocation not on record
7
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
7
Provo, US
6
Pittsburg, US
6
Logan, US
5
Fort Worth, US
5
Kew, GB
5
Davenport, US
4
San Luis Obispo, US
4
Québec, CA
4
Beijing, CN
4
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
4
Riverside, US
4
Philadelphia, US
3
AUAlocation not on record
3
BAYLUlocation not on record
3
Wlocation not on record
3
Whitehorse, CA
3
Miami, US
3
Durango, US
3
Claremont, US
2
Whitewater, US
2
Mississippi State, US
2
CASlocation not on record
2
US
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record
2
Flagstaff, US
2
University of South Dakotalocation not on record
2
LDlocation not on record
2
Acadia Universitylocation not on record
2
Waverly, US
2
Burlington, US
2
Corvallis, US
2
Columbia, US
1
Caldwell, US
1
Ypsilanti, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record
1
Bourges, FR
1
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
1
US
1
LPMMBHlocation not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Riyadh Municipalitylocation not on record
1
Orem, US
1
Paris, FR
1
Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record
1
Karlsruhe, DE
1
Fullerton, US
1
Saint John, CA
1
Green Bay, US
1
University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record
1
University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record
1
Angwin, US
1
Knoxville, US
1
DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record
1
GJOlocation not on record
1
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
1
Uppsala, SE
1
Montréal, CA
1
Montréal, CA
1
Portland, US
1
Anchorage, US
1
Turlock, US
1
Mlocation not on record
1
New Haven, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
Université Lavallocation not on record
1
Lubbock, US
1
Cheney, US
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
110 institutions · 1 952 of 1 978 vouchered records shown · 25 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
09Environmental DNA10 detections
Where the DNA of Symphoricarpos occidentalis 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 found10
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 10 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 median14.5 °C 1.10–15.2
Seasonal swing summer↔winter28.9 °C
Max temp (day)18.7 °C 4.80–20.6
Min temp (night)9.10 °C -2.10–11.9
Precipitation74.4 mm/mo 52.3–99.6
Air humidity58.9 % 52.7–63.8
Moisture balance-34.9 mm/mo -63.4–-11.2
Vapour deficit686 Pa 394–794
Wind speed3.30 m/s 2.00–5.20
Cloud cover43.2 % 42.2–53.5
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 4 detection points · 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility9 778 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI10 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗