Amsonia ciliata, the eastern bluestar, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae, found in central and eastern North America.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Amsonia tabernaemontana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Monomeric stilbenes6
Aspidosperma type5
Phenanthrenes3
Cycloartane triterpenoids1
Shikimic acids and derivatives $ Simple phenolic acids1
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 Amsonia tabernaemontana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens4
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences8
eDNA detections4
Countries2
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
Amsonia tabernaemontana PL3/Yokohama/JPN/2017 chloroplast rbcL gene for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit, partial cds
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.
★matK3★rbcL5
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAmsonia tabernaemontana 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.
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.
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km
≤100 m 1 538≤1 km 285≤10 km 93>10 km 152
2 068 georeferenced · 463 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor2 531
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 accuracy37% within 1 km
≤100 m 27≤1 km 131≤10 km 209>10 km 63
430 georeferenced · 295 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence725
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 · 1 records without
Open the mapnot free-living1
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 institutions58 of 82 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Chapel Hill, US
75
Philadelphia, US
54
Bronx, US
50
Fort Worth, US
46
Fayetteville, US
26
Wuzhou, CN
24
Bangkok, TH
24
Tuscaloosa, US
23
Austin, US
22
Saint Louis, US
22
DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record
22
St. Paul, US
21
Jackson, US
20
Mississippi State, US
19
Knoxville, US
19
Emporia, US
15
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record
13
Bloomington, US
12
US
12
Mexico City, MX
10
Columbia, US
9
GAlocation not on record
8
Clemson, US
8
Miami, US
8
Little Rock, US
7
Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record
7
Norfolk, US
6
Williamsburg, US
6
Edmonton, CA
6
AUAlocation not on record
6
San Angelo, US
6
Tampa, US
6
Burlington, US
6
China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record
5
Madison, US
5
Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record
5
ASUlocation not on record
4
GB
3
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record
3
University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record
3
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
3
Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record
3
Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record
3
Conway, US
3
Conway, US
3
Asheville, US
3
Denver, US
2
University of North Carolina at Pembrokelocation not on record
2
Bern, CH
2
Russellville, US
2
Audubon Society -- Silver Bluff Audubon Center and Sanctuarylocation not on record
2
University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record
2
Dekalb, US
2
Pittsburg, US
2
Chadron, US
2
DOI/NPS, Greenbelt Parklocation not on record
2
US
1
Flagstaff, US
1
Ann Arbor, US
1
Davenport, US
1
Millersville, US
1
Northridge, US
1
Christchurch, NZ
1
Orto botanico dell'Università degli Studi di Catanialocation not on record
1
San Luis Obispo, US
1
University of South Carolina Salkehatchielocation not on record
1
Richmond, US
1
Auckland, NZ
1
Dover, US
1
James F. Matthews Center for Biodiversity Studieslocation not on record
1
Denton, US
1
Kingston, US
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Long Beach, US
1
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record
1
UFRRJlocation not on record
1
Staten Island, US
1
Due West, US
1
Durham, US
1
Lubbock, US
1
Oskarshamn, SE
1
BRNUlocation not on record
1
82 institutions · 710 of 725 vouchered records shown · 13 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 DNA4 detections
Where the DNA of Amsonia tabernaemontana 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 found4
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 4 detections have coordinates
Open the map1 country0
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 median-2.50 °C -2.50–-2.50
Seasonal swing summer↔winter19.1 °C
Max temp (day)0.9 °C
Min temp (night)-7.30 °C
Precipitation175 mm/mo
Air humidity60.2 %
Moisture balance118 mm/mo
Vapour deficit219 Pa
Wind speed6.90 m/s
Cloud cover46.7 %
CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 2 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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility3 257 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI4 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗