Aethionema saxatile
(L.) R.Br. · speciesAt a glance
Occurrence records4 502
Data sources12
Biological traits26
DNA specimens3
eDNA detections3
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Aethionema saxatile's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 502 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI3 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeOn this page7 sections
Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
NarrativeWikipediaarticle
Traits & measurements4 literature sources26 traits
Chemical compositionLOTUS · NPASS8 compounds
Occurrence & distributionGBIF4 502 records
Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries3 detections
DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens
Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT · NCBI606 Mbp
01Narrative
Aethionema saxatile, the burnt candytuft, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. It is found in the European Alps.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
02Traits & measurements
SourcesGIFTLEDATRYWCVP
Size & morphology8
Plant height0.1 m
⚠ sources differ — GIFT: 0.1 m · LEDA: 0.1 m · TRY: 0.175 m
Plant height generative0.163 m
Plant height max0.2 m
Plant height min0.1 m
Seed length1.38 mm
Seed mass0.479 mg
⚠ sources differ — TRY: 0.479 mg · LEDA: 0.525 mg · GIFT: 0.492 mg
Seed mass max0.46 mg
Seed mass min0.46 mg
Life cycle & reproduction6
Deciduousnessevergreen
Dispersal typewater
Life formannual or subshrub
Life spanperennial
Lifespan years2 years
Raunkiær life formchamaephyte
Diet & foraging1
Parasiteindependent
Habitat & environment6
Aquaticterrestrial
Climatetemperate
Climberself-supporting
Epiphyteterrestrial
Growth formshrub
Woodinessnon-woody
⚠ sources differ — TRY: non-woody · LEDA: semi-woody · GIFT: non-woody
Physiology & chemistry3
Leaf dry-matter content (LDMC)260 mg/g
Photosynthetic pathwayC3
Specific leaf area (SLA)12.3 mm²/mg
Other traits2
Diaspore typegerminule
Plant support typefree-standing
03Chemical composition8 compounds
Compounds documented for Aethionema saxatile across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Caryophyllane sesquiterpenoids2
Labdane diterpenoids2
Colensane and Clerodane diterpenoids1
Kaurane and Phyllocladane diterpenoids $ Norkaurane diterpenoids1
Simple coumarins1
Documented compounds8 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-Caryophyllene | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,2R,4aR,8aR)-1-[2-(furan-3-yl)ethyl]-1,4a,5-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalene-2-carbaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4aS,8aS)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-1-[2-(5-oxo-2H-furan-3-yl)ethyl]-1,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydronaphthalene-2-carbaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,4S,6R,10S)-4,12,12-trimethyl-9-methylidene-5-oxatricyclo[8.2.0.04,6]dodecane | present | NPASS | |
| 2-[[14-Hydroxy-14-(hydroxymethyl)-5,9-dimethyl-5-tetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecanyl]methoxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-methoxyoxane-3,4-diol | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-[2-[(1R,4aS,8aS)-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5,5,8a-trimethyl-1,4,4a,6,7,8-hexahydronaphthalen-1-yl]ethyl]-2H-furan-5-one | present | NPASS | |
| 3-[4-Hydroxy-2,6-bis(3-methylbut-2-enyl)phenyl]prop-2-enoic acid | present | NPASS | |
| Umbelliferone | present | NPASS |
05DNA & barcoding3 specimens
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 Aethionema saxatile has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens3
Marker genes3
eDNA detections3
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 · GoaT · NCBI
The complete instruction manual Aethionema saxatile 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 size606 360 000 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 Aethionema saxatile0.61 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.
Chromosomes2n = 24 n = 12
Ploidypolyploid inferred
Chromosome records16–482n range24median24mode77records
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 2444×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +6
CCDB · slov-fl — Murín A. & Májovský J., 1983: Karyological study of Slovakian flora IV. - Acta Fac. Rerum Nat. Univ. Comen., Bot. 30: 1-16.
CCDB · iber-fl — Recherches sur les liens de parent entre la flore orophile des Alpes et celledes Pyrnes. Kpfer, P.Boissiera23: 3-322(1974).
CCDB · iber-fl — Chromosome numbers of plants collected during Iter Mediterraneum I in the SE of Spain. Luque, T. & Z. Daz Lifante.Bocconea1: 303-364(1991).
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Strid, A. & R. Franzen. 1983. Chromosome numbers in flowering plants from Greece. Willdenowia 13: 329–333.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Franzen, R. & L. A. Gustavsson. 1983. Chromosome numbers in flowering plants from the high mountains of Sterea Ellas, Greece. Willdenowia 13: 101–106.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Luque, T. & Z. D. Lifante. 1991. Chromosome numbers of plants collected during Iter Mediterraneum I in the SE of Spain. Bocconea 1: 303–364.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Strid, A. & R. Franzen. 1981. In Chromosome number reports LXXIII. Taxon 30: 829–842.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Van Loon, J. C. & B. Kieft. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVIII. Taxon 29: 538–542.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ancev, M. E. 1976b. In IOPB chromosome number reports LIII. Taxon 25: 486–500.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Strid, A. & I. A. Andersson. 1985. Chromosome numbers of Greek mountain plants. An annotated list of 115 species. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 107: 203–228.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Galland, N. 1988. Recherche sur l'origine de la flore orophile du Maroc étude caryologique et cytogéographique. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 35: 1–168.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Runemark, H. 2000. Mediterranean chromosome number reports 10 (1110--1188). Fl. Medit. 10: 386–402.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — FAVARGER, c. 1969. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXII. Taxon 18: 433-442.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — FAVARGER, c. 1969. Notes de caryologie Alpine V. Bull. Soc. Neuchateloise Sci. Nat. 92: 13-30.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Ancev 1976b
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — KUPFER, P. 1974. Recherches sur les liens de parente entre la flore orophile des Alpes et celle des Pyrenees. Boissiera 23: 1-322.
CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — PHITOS, D., & G. KAMARI. 1973. Cytologische Untersuchungen an einigen Griechischen Blutenpflanzen (Centaurea, Aethionema). Biologia Gallo- Hellenica 4: 147-151.
CCDB · book-fedorov — Manton 1932
CCDB · brass — Ancev
CCDB · brass — Strid & Franzn
CCDB · brass — Murn & Mjovsky
CCDB · brass — Favarger
CCDB · brass — Phitos & Kamari
CCDB · brass — Franzn & Gustavsson
CCDB · brass — van Loon & Kieft
CCDB · brass — Andersson et al.
CCDB · brass — Strid & Andersson
CCDB · brass — Franzn
CCDB · brass — Manton
CCDB · brass — Galland
CCDB · brass — Kpfer
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Ancev, M. E. (1976a). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LIII]. Taxon 25(4): 495-496.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Favarger, C. (1969c). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports XXII]. Taxon 18(3): 433-442.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Runemark, H. (2000). Mediterranean chromosome number reports-10. Fl. Medit. 10: 386-402.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Loon van, J. C. & Kieft, B. (1980a). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LXVIII]. Taxon 29(4): 538-542. si
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Luque, T. & Díaz Lifante, Z. (1991). Chromosome numbers of plants collected during Iter Mediterraneum I in the SE of Spain. Bocconea 1: 303-364.
2n 4831×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +6
CCDB · ita-fl — FAVARGER C. - 1971. Relations entre la flore mediterraneenne et celle des enclaves vegetation submediterraneenne d'Europe centrale.. Boissiera , 19: 149-168.
CCDB · ita-fl — KUEPFER P. - 1974. Recherches sur les lieus de parent entre la flore orophile des Alpes et celle des Pyrnes.. Boissiera , 23: 1-322.
CCDB · iber-fl — Recherches sur les liens de parent entre la flore orophile des Alpes et celledes Pyrnes. Kpfer, P.Boissiera23: 3-322(1974).
CCDB · fl-europaea — Larsen, 1955b
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Baltisberger, M. & E. Baltisberger. 1995. Cytological data of Albanian plants. Candollea 50(2): 457–493.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Humphries, C. J., B. G. Murray, G. Bocquet & K. N. Vasudevan. 1978. Chromosome numbers of phanerogams from Morocco and Algeria. Bot. Not. 131: 391–404.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — PUECH, s. 1968. Etude biosystematique de quelques taxons de la bordure cevanole calcaire de la region d'Anduze (Gard) (I). Naturalia Monspel. Ser. Bot. 19: 115-166.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — LOVKA, M., F. SUSNIK, A. LOEVE, & D. LOEVE. 1971. In IOPB chromosome number reports XXXIV. Taxon 20: 785-797:-
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Humphries 1978
CCDB · brass — Baltisberger & Baltisberger
CCDB · brass — Puech
CCDB · brass — Kpfer
CCDB · brass — Baltisberger
CCDB · brass — Manton
CCDB · brass — Humphries et al.
CCDB · brass — Luque & Daz Lifante
CCDB · brass — Lovka et al.
CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants — Jaretzky 1932
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Humphries, C. J., Murray, B. G., Bocquet, G. & Vasudevan, K. N. (1978). Chromosome numbers of phanerogams from Morocco and Algeria. Bot. Not. 131(4): 391-404.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Baltisberger, M. & Baltisberger, E. (1995). Cytological data of Albanian plants. Candollea 50(2): 457-493.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Küpfer, P. (1974). Recherches sur les liens de parenté entre la flore orophile des Alpes et celle des Pyrénées. Boissiera 23: 3- 322.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Lovka, M., Susnik, F., Löve, A. & Löve, D. (1971). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports XXXIV]. Taxon 20(5/6): 788-791.
2n 161×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Tischler, G. (1950). Die chromosomenzhalen der GefäBpflanzen Mitteleuropas. s'-Gravenhage: W. Junk. 263
2n 361×CCDB · brass
CCDB · brass — Strid & Franzn
n 1213×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +2
CCDB · iber-fl — Cytotaxonomie et cytogographie de quelques groupes d'orophytes du bassin occidental de la Mditerrane et des Alpes. Kpfer, P.C.R. Acad. Sci. Paris275: 1753-1756(1972).
CCDB · iber-fl — Liens gntiques entre les flores alpine et pyrnenne. Kpfer, P.Ann. Litt. Univ. Besanon, Paris21: 167-185(1971).
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — De Montmollin, B. 1984. Etude cytotaxonomique de la flore de la Crète. II. Nombres chromosomiques. Bot. Helv. 94: 261–267.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Galland, N. 1988. Recherche sur l'origine de la flore orophile du Maroc étude caryologique et cytogéographique. Trav. Inst. Sci. Univ. Mohammed V, Sér. Bot. 35: 1–168.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Montmollin, B. d. 1986. étude cytotaxonomique de la flore de la Crète. III. Nombres chromosomiques. Candollea 41: 431–439.
CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — KUPFER, PH. 1971. Liens genetiques entre les flares alpienne et pyreneene. Actes des Colloque sur la flare et la vegetation des Chaines Alpine et Jurassienne. Paris. pp. 167-185.
CCDB · brass — Montmollin
CCDB · brass — Galland
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Küpfer, P. (1971). Liens génétiques entre les flores alpine et pyrénéenne. Ann. Litt. Univ. Besançon, Paris 21: 167-185.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Küpfer, P. (1972a). Cytotaxonomie et cytogéographie de quelques groupes d'orophytes du bassin occidental de la Méditerranée et des Alpes. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris 275: 1753-1756.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Montmollin, B. de. (1984). Étude cytotaxonomique de la flore de la Crète. II. Nombres chromosomiques. Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. (Bull. Soc. Bot. Suisse) 94: 261-267.
n 248×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · brass · CCDB · Cave1956supp +1
CCDB · ita-fl — KUEPFER P.M. - 1972. Cytotaxonomie et cytogographie de quelques groupes d'orophytes du bassin occidental de la Mditerrane et des Alpes.. Compt.-Rend. Acad. Sci. Paris, ser. D , 275: 1753-1756.
CCDB · ita-fl — CAPINERI R., D'AMATO G., MARCHI P. - 1979 (1978). Numeri cromosomici per la flora italiana:534-583.. Inform. Bot. Ital. , 10(3): 421-465.
CCDB · brass — Larsen
CCDB · brass — Jaretzky
CCDB · Cave1956supp — Larsen 1955b
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Capineri, R., D'Amato, G. & Marchi, P. (1978b). Numeri cromosomici per la flora italiana: 534-583. Inf. Bot. Ital. 10: 421-465.
n 164×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · brass +1
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Humphries, C. J., B. G. Murray, G. Bocquet & K. N. Vasudevan. 1978. Chromosome numbers of phanerogams from Morocco and Algeria. Bot. Not. 131: 391–404.
CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Humphries 1978
CCDB · brass — Humphries et al.
CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Humphries, C. J., Murray, B. G., Bocquet, G. & Vasudevan, K. N. (1978). Chromosome numbers of phanerogams from Morocco and Algeria. Bot. Not. 131(4): 391-404.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Assembly levelScaffold
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type4 502 records
Wild obs. + sensor4 007
Museum / vouchered474
Cultivated / captive2
Other19
Origin
Native108
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO6 652 km²
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy22% within 1 km
≤100 m 501≤1 km 274≤10 km 2 739>10 km 20
3 534 georeferenced · 473 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor4 007
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 accuracy35% within 1 km
≤100 m 16≤1 km 95≤10 km 203>10 km 3
317 georeferenced · 157 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence474
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 · 2 records without
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 institutions28 of 48 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Bern, CH | 88 |
| València, ES | 68 |
| MAlocation not on record | 38 |
| Barcelona, ES | 37 |
| BClocation not on record | 37 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 29 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 21 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 19 |
| Salzburg, AT | 13 |
| LDlocation not on record | 10 |
| Paris, FR | 6 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 6 |
| Salamanca, ES | 6 |
| Madrid, ES | 6 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 5 |
| inatura Erlebnis Naturschau GmbHlocation not on record | 5 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 5 |
| Dhaka, BD | 4 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| Pamplona, ES | 4 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 3 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 3 |
| Alicante, ES | 3 |
| Oulu, FI | 3 |
| ESP003location not on record | 2 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 2 |
| Berlin, DE | 2 |
| BG-NMNHSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Córdoba, ES | 2 |
| Helsinki, FI | 2 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 2 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| MHNAIXlocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Badajoz, ES | 1 |
| Pamplona, ES | 1 |
| San Isidro, AR | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Sevilla, ES | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
48 institutions · 463 of 474 vouchered records shown · 11 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 DNA3 detections
Where the DNA of Aethionema saxatile 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 found3
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 3 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.