Bassia scoparia

TaxID: 83154

Basic Information

Bassia scoparia

Belvedere, Kochia, summer cypress

Bassia scoparia is a large annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae (sensu lato) native to Eurasia. It has been introduced to many parts of North America, where it is found in grassland, prairie, and desert shrub ecosystems. Its common names include summer cypress, mock-cypress, kochia, belvedere, World's Fair plant, burningbush, Mexican firebrush, and Mexican fireweed, with the latter three names referring to the herb's red autumn foliage.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Streptophyta

Magnoliopsida

Caryophyllales

Chenopodiaceae

Bassia

scoparia

Unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Bassia scoparia
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(c) Mark Edlund@BY-NC
Bassia scoparia
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(c) Václav Dvořák@BY-NC
Bassia scoparia
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(c) Dina Nesterkova@BY-NC
Bassia scoparia
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(c) Stefano@BY-NC-SA
Bassia scoparia
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(c) Stefan.lefnaer@BY-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Brazil Absent 2018
Switzerland Observation list of Invasive Alien Plants 2013
Chile A1 list 2024
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Peru Absent —

Distribution (63 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Algeria Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Azerbaijan Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
Belarus Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_008642245.2 Chromosome 969 644 99879 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR35544042 root late vegetative stage - 49032300 USA: Fargo ND
SRR35544041 root late vegetative stage - 5845811 USA: Fargo ND
SRR35544040 root late vegetative stage - 35071328 USA: Fargo ND

DNA Barcodes (20 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
YNPBP1043-24 - trnL-F 621 United States 2024-08-05 -
VPSBC714-13 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1992-10-01 50.414, -121.36
SDH918-14 - rbcLa 552 United States 2007-06-21 32.868, -116.892
MKTRT560-12 - rbcLa 552 Canada 1991-08-22 -
ITSAJ4381-14 - ITS2 227 - - -
ITSAI3105-14 - ITS2 227 - - -
ITSAD1617-14 - ITS2 222 Uzbekistan - 41.487907, 63.854828
ITSAD1613-14 - ITS2 221 Russia - 59.039433, 98.6705
GBVR4070-13 - rbcL 1314 - - -
GBVR4052-13 - matK 1515 - - -
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Literature