Allium suworowii

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae/Allium

At a glance

Occurrence records47

Data sources11

Biological traits12

DNA specimens5

eDNA detections5

Sources11 archives

Databases and archives Allium suworowii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility47 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

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

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources12 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS17 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF47 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 3 countries5 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD5 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT18.4 Gbp

01Narrative

Allium suworowii Allium suworowii is a species of onion native to Afghanistan and Central Asia. It is a widely distributed and highly genetically variable species. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology1

Seed mass4.96 mg

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formbulbous geophyte

Raunkiær life formcryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment7

Climatetemperate

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max2 700 m

Elevation min1 100 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

03Chemical composition17 compounds

Compounds documented for Allium suworowii across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile5 classes

Spirostane steroids9

Monosaccharides3

Cholestane steroids2

Disaccharides $ Polysaccharides1

Disaccharides1

Documented compounds17 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(1S,2S,4S,4'S,5'S,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,15R,16R,18S)-4',15,16,18-tetrahydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethyl-4'-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icosane-6,2'-oxane]-19-one	present	LOTUS
(1S,2S,4S,5'R,6R,7S,8R,9S,12S,13R,15R,16R,18R)-15,16,18-trihydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icosane-6,2'-oxane]-19-one	present	LOTUS
(2R,3R,4S,5R,6R)-2-[[(8S,9S,10R,13S,14S,17R)-1,3-dihydroxy-17-[(2S)-3-hydroxy-6-methylheptan-2-yl]-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-dodecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-16-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	LOTUS
(2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-pentahydroxyhexanal	present	LOTUS
(2S,3R,4S,5S,6S)-2-[(2S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[(2S,3R,4R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1S,2S,4S,5'S,6R,8R,9S,12S,13R,16R)-15-hydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol	present	LOTUS
2alpha,3beta,5beta-Trihydroxy-(25r)-spirostan-6-one	present	LOTUS
2alpha,5alpha-Epoxy-(25r)-spirostan-3beta,6beta-diol	present	LOTUS
5-[(3R,4R,6S)-6-[(2S,4S,5R,6S)-2-[(2S,3R,4R,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(1S,2S,4S,5'S,6R,8R,9S,12S,13R,16R)-15-hydroxy-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-3-hydroxy-3-methyl-5-oxopentanoic acid	present	LOTUS
Alliogenin	present	LOTUS
Alloside B	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding5 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 Allium suworowii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens5

Marker genes1

eDNA detections5

Countries3

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.

★ITS2

fungal barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · GoaT

The complete instruction manual Allium suworowii 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 size18 396 180 000 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

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

THIS GENOME Allium suworowii18.4 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 = 16 n = 8

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records16–162n range16median16mode5records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 165×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-fedorov +1

GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database — ↗

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Pogosian, A. I. & A. G. Seisums. 1992. Chromosome numbers in some species of Allium (Alliaceae) from the Afganistan, Turkey and states of Middle Asia. Bot. Žhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 77(9): 103–104.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Fritsch, R. M. & B. Astanova. 1998. Uniform karyotypes in different sections of Allium L. subgenus Melanocrommyum (Webb & Berth.) Rouy from central Asia. Feddes Repert. 109: 539–549.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Levan 1931, 1935

CCDB · kew — Gurushidze M, Fuchs J, Blattner FR. 2012. The evolution of genome size variation in drumstick onions (Allium subgenus Melanocrommyum). Systematic Botany 37: 96-104.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type47 records

Wild obs. + sensor5

Museum / vouchered32

Cultivated / captive7

Other3

Origin

Introduced6

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO124 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 accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 4≤1 km 1

5 georeferenced

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 accuracy50% within 1 km

≤1 km 2≤10 km 1>10 km 1

4 georeferenced · 28 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence32

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 7

7 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living7

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 institutions2 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistanlocation not on record	7
Stadt Seeland, Ortsteil Gatersleben, DE	7
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	6
Saint Louis, US	3
WTUlocation not on record	1
BRNUlocation not on record	1
University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record	1
Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 27 of 32 vouchered records shown · 1 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 DNA5 detections

Where the DNA of Allium suworowii 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 found5

Studies independent surveys1

Countries3

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 5 detections have coordinates

Open the map3 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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median0.7 °C 0.7–11.1

Seasonal swing summer↔winter24.1 °C

Max temp (day)4.20 °C 4.20–16.2

Min temp (night)-5.00 °C -5.00–5.80

Precipitation61.2 mm/mo 14.3–61.2

Air humidity57.2 % 51.3–57.2

Moisture balance-28.7 mm/mo -93.3–-28.7

Vapour deficit326 Pa 326–971

Wind speed4.20 m/s 4.00–4.90

Cloud cover29.4 % 29.4–39.2

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 5 detection points · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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