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NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements3 literature sources5 traits
Occurrence & distributionGBIF669 records
DNA & barcodingNCBIsequences
Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 40
01Narrative
Taraxacum albidum is a species of dandelion that grows in eastern Eurasia.Plants for a Future online database: Taraxacum albidum A member of the Asteraceae, it is a perennial herbaceous plant native to southern Japan. It is sometimes mistaken for Taraxacum coreanum, but T. coreanum grows wild chiefly in the Korean Peninsula and some parts of China. Taraxacum albidum is a hybrid between T. coreanum and Taraxacum japonicum (Tatsuyoshi Morita, Moleculer phylodenetic analysis of polyoloid complex of East Asian Taraxacum [sic], 1996-1997).
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 Taraxacum albidum has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences2
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Taraxacum albidum ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit (rbcL) gene, partial cds
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.
★rbcL2
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualTaraxacum albidum 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.
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 403×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Yamaguchi, S. 1976. Chromosome numbers of Japanese Taraxacum species. J. Jap. Bot. 51: 52–58.
CCDB · book-fedorov — Okabe 1934 (T. 19351936)
CCDB · book-fedorov — Mivaji (Kitamura 1955)
2n 321×CCDB · kew
CCDB · kew — Závesky L, Jarolimova V, Stepanek J. 2005. Nuclear DNA content variation within the genus Taraxacum (Asteraceae). Folia Geobotanica 40: 91-104.
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 accuracy83% within 1 km
≤100 m 141≤1 km 9≤10 km 6>10 km 25
181 georeferenced · 57 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor238
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 accuracy61% within 1 km
≤1 km 34≤10 km 22
56 georeferenced · 373 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence429
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 2
2 georeferenced
Open the mapnot free-living2
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 institutions24 of 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Kochi, JP
80
Odawara, JP
66
Tsukuba, JP
53
Tokushima, JP
34
Toyama, JP
32
Sanda, JP
19
Shinshu Universitylocation not on record
19
Chiba, JP
17
Hiratsuka City Museumlocation not on record
13
Nagano City, JP
13
Osaka, JP
9
Tomioka, JP
8
Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP
7
KURAlocation not on record
7
Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP
6
Sendai, JP
5
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
3
PRClocation not on record
3
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
3
Bando, JP
3
Kew, GB
2
JP
2
Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record
2
Sagamihara, JP
2
Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record
2
Burlington, US
2
Saint Louis, US
2
J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record
1
MeiseBGlocation not on record
1
Nishihara, JP
1
Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record
1
Zürich, CH
1
Taipei, TW
1
Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record
1
Fukushima Universitylocation not on record
1
Stockholm, SE
1
Santa Barbara, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
KOMlocation not on record
1
Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record
1
40 institutions · 427 of 429 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility669 records↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype