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 Vernonanthura ferruginea has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens1
Marker genes1
GenBank sequences2
eDNA detections1
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★ITS2
fungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT
The complete instruction manualVernonanthura ferruginea 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 size1 467 000 000 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 Vernonanthura ferruginea1.47 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Dematteis, M. & A. Fernández. 1998. Karyotypes of seven South American species of Vernonia (Asteraceae). Cytologia 63: 323–328.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Dematteis, M. 2002. Cytotaxonomic analysis of South American species of Vernonia (Vernonieae: Asteraceae). Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 139(4): 401–408.
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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced · 4 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor5
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 accuracy0% within 1 km
≤10 km 1>10 km 5
6 georeferenced · 628 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence634
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 institutions28 of 68 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
UnBlocation not on record
73
Bronx, US
59
Cenargenlocation not on record
53
Brasília, BR
45
UNESP-ISlocation not on record
42
Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record
41
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
29
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
29
UNICAMPlocation not on record
28
Uberlândia, BR
24
Saint Louis, US
23
JBRJlocation not on record
14
UFRPElocation not on record
14
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
14
Brasília, BR
14
UFBAlocation not on record
11
Bogotá, D.C., CO
9
UFMGlocation not on record
9
CEPLAClocation not on record
7
Feira de Santana, BR
6
Masindi, UG
4
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
4
Stockholm, SE
4
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
3
Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record
3
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
3
Cusco, PE
3
Salvador, BR
3
Chicago, US
3
Campo Mourão, BR
3
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
3
IPA/SPlocation not on record
3
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
3
UNESP-RClocation not on record
3
UNIVILLElocation not on record
2
UFMSlocation not on record
2
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
2
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
2
UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record
2
Kew, GB
2
Teresina, BR
2
Cruz das Almas, BR
2
ASUlocation not on record
2
UNITINSlocation not on record
2
Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR
2
FUVATESlocation not on record
1
UFPIlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
1
Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record
1
UEPAlocation not on record
1
Iquitos, PE
1
Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record
1
Corrientes, AR
1
Calabar, NG
1
Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record
1
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
1
UFSCarlocation not on record
1
Ilhéus, BR
1
HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record
1
Berlin, DE
1
UNESP-FCAlocation not on record
1
Maringá, BR
1
FUNEDlocation not on record
1
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record
1
Edinburgh, GB
1
UNEMATlocation not on record
1
Paris, FR
1
Chaguaramas, TT
1
68 institutions · 634 of 634 vouchered records shown
09Environmental DNA1 detections
Where the DNA of Vernonanthura ferruginea 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 found1
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 1 detections have coordinates
Open the map0 countries0
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.
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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility639 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗