Aegopodium podagraria
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Aegopodium podagraria's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility616 099 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI21 167 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics50 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Aegopodium podagraria, commonly called ground elder, is a species of flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae that grows in shady places. The name "ground elder" comes from the superficial similarity of its leaves and flowers to those of elder (Sambucus), which is not closely related. Other common names include herb gerard, bishop's weed, goutweed, gout wort, snow-in-the-mountain, English masterwort and wild masterwort. It is the type species of the genus Aegopodium. It is native to Europe and Asia, but has been introduced around the world as an ornamental plant, where it occasionally poses an ecological threat as an invasive exotic plant.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry9
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Aegopodium podagraria across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds17 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (3S,3aS,5R,8R,9aR,9bR)-5,8-dihydroxy-3,6-dimethyl-9-methylidene-3,3a,4,5,7,8,9a,9b-octahydroazuleno[4,5-b]furan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,3aS,6aR,8R,9aR,9bS)-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-6,9-dimethylidene-3a,4,5,6a,7,8,9a,9b-octahydro-3H-azuleno[4,5-b]furan-2-one | present | NPASS | |
| (3S,8E,10R)-heptadeca-1,8-dien-4,6-diyne-3,10-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,8Z,10R)-heptadeca-1,8-dien-4,6-diyne-3,10-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,9Z)-3-hydroxyheptadeca-1,9-dien-4,6-diyn-8-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (8S,9Z)-8-hydroxyheptadeca-1,9-dien-4,6-diyn-3-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (S)-Falcarinol | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,9-Heptadecadiene-4,6-diyn-3-one, (Z)- | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,9-Heptadecadiene-4,6-diyne-3,8-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| 7alpha-Hydroxystigmasterol | present | NPASS |
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 Aegopodium podagraria 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 Aegopodium podagraria 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
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).
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 4232×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +3
2n 4417×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · poland · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +4
2n 2213×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 +3
2n 381×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 391×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 112×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 212×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 222×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
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 type616 099 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.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions126 of 222 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 12 877 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 722 |
| Helsinki, FI | 474 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 338 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 321 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 298 |
| Salzburg, AT | 279 |
| LDlocation not on record | 261 |
| Görlitz, DE | 211 |
| Olocation not on record | 188 |
| Turku, FI | 177 |
| Kuopio, FI | 158 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 158 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 157 |
| Uppsala, SE | 142 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 138 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 128 |
| Oulu, FI | 125 |
| Trondheim, NO | 123 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 104 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 100 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 99 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 93 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 76 |
| Bergen, NO | 63 |
| Tartu, EE | 57 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 50 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 48 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 47 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 47 |
| Philadelphia, US | 44 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 39 |
| Berlin, DE | 36 |
| Tallinn, EE | 36 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 36 |
| Québec, CA | 33 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 32 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 31 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 28 |
| Allentown, US | 26 |
| South Kensington, GB | 24 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 24 |
| Mlocation not on record | 19 |
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 19 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 18 |
| Garðabær, IS | 18 |
| Madison, US | 17 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 17 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 16 |
| Bern, CH | 16 |
| Burlington, US | 15 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 15 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 15 |
| Bronx, US | 15 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 15 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 14 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 14 |
| Montréal, CA | 13 |
| Saint John, CA | 12 |
| Porvoo, FI | 12 |
| Wlocation not on record | 11 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 11 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 11 |
| St. Paul, US | 11 |
| New Haven, US | 10 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 10 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 10 |
| Tilburg, NL | 9 |
| Otaru, JP | 9 |
| Palacký University in Olomouclocation not on record | 9 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 9 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 9 |
| Bloomington, US | 8 |
| Zürich, CH | 8 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 8 |
| Dresden, DE | 7 |
| Fulda, DE | 7 |
| College Park, US | 7 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 7 |
| Philadelphia, US | 7 |
| Stockholm, SE | 6 |
| Denver, US | 6 |
| 6 | |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 6 |
| inatura Erlebnis Naturschau GmbHlocation not on record | 6 |
| IDElocation not on record | 5 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 5 |
| Toronto, CA | 5 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 5 |
| Barcelona, ES | 5 |
| Zürich, CH | 5 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 5 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 5 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 5 |
| Saint Louis, US | 5 |
| València, ES | 4 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 4 |
| Spearfish, US | 4 |
| Longwood Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 4 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 4 |
| Odawara, JP | 4 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| Canberra, AU | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| Millersville, US | 4 |
| Green Bay, US | 3 |
| Glarus, CH | 3 |
| Pullman, US | 3 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 3 |
| Corvallis, US | 3 |
| Durham, US | 3 |
| National Museum Waleslocation not on record | 3 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 3 |
| Portland, US | 3 |
| Universidade de Lisboa, Museu Bocagelocation not on record | 3 |
| BGBMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Morgantown, US | 3 |
| Forssa, FI | 3 |
| Salamanca, ES | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 3 |
| Paris, FR | 3 |
| Plocation not on record | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 3 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Chicago, US | 3 |
| Bando, JP | 3 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Namur, BE | 2 |
| Hobart, AU | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Staten Island, US | 2 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| DULlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 2 |
| Bourges, FR | 2 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 2 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Monastir, TN | 2 |
| Hamilton, US | 2 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 2 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Adelaide, AU | 2 |
| Provo, US | 2 |
| Missoula, US | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 2 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davenport, US | 2 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 2 |
| München, DE | 2 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Umeå Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Sanda, JP | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 1 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 1 |
| Göteborg, SE | 1 |
| Catholic University of Pekinglocation not on record | 1 |
| STUlocation not on record | 1 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 1 |
| Urumqi, CN | 1 |
| Williamsburg, US | 1 |
| Urumqi, CN | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Juiz de Foralocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Colonial National Historical Parklocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 1 |
| Madrid, ES | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| Sapporo, JP | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Anchorage, US | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Brussel, BE | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 1 |
| Jaén, ES | 1 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| SWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| KR | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kingston, US | 1 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Johnson City, US | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Aegopodium podagraria 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.