Anemone sylvestris
speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Anemone sylvestris's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility17 193 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI32 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
A dense stand of snowdrop anemones Anemonoides sylvestris (syn. Anemone sylvestris), known as snowdrop anemone or snowdrop windflower, is a perennial plant flowering in spring, native to meadows and dry deciduous woodlands of central and western Europe and temperate Asia. It forms spreading patches, sometimes aggressively spreading. Another name is wood anemone, but this more commonly refers to the European A. nemorosa or the North American A. quinquefolia.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment7
Physiology & chemistry5
Other traits1
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 Anemone sylvestris 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 Anemone sylvestris 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 1634×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea +9
2n 322×CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 81×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type17 193 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 institutions44 of 108 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 | 846 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 542 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 222 |
| LDlocation not on record | 120 |
| Tartu, EE | 120 |
| Uppsala, SE | 81 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 76 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 71 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 59 |
| IB FRC Komi SC UB RASlocation not on record | 59 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 56 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 56 |
| Tallinn, EE | 50 |
| Vitebsk State University named after P.M. Masherovlocation not on record | 42 |
| Bern, CH | 35 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 33 |
| Urumqi, CN | 30 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 29 |
| Beijing, CN | 24 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 22 |
| KFGBlocation not on record | 21 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 20 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 18 |
| IFR-DNFlocation not on record | 18 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 17 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 17 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 11 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 11 |
| Görlitz, DE | 10 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 9 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 9 |
| Yangling, CN | 9 |
| Tampere, FI | 9 |
| Wlocation not on record | 8 |
| Olocation not on record | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 8 |
| Helsinki, FI | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 7 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 7 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 7 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 7 |
| Mlocation not on record | 7 |
| Philadelphia, US | 7 |
| Berlin, DE | 6 |
| Urumqi, CN | 6 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 6 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 6 |
| Dresden, DE | 6 |
| Salzburg, AT | 6 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 6 |
| Beijing, CN | 5 |
| Auckland, NZ | 5 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 5 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 5 |
| Inner Mongolia Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Forest Survey and Design Institute, Forestry Administrative Bureau of Daxinganlinglocation not on record | 5 |
| Nanjing, CN | 4 |
| Northeastern Forestry Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| inatura Erlebnis Naturschau GmbHlocation not on record | 4 |
| H-Wolflocation not on record | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| Universität Basel, Herbariumlocation not on record | 3 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 3 |
| Turku, FI | 3 |
| Voronezh State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Bronx, US | 3 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 2 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Claremont, US | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 2 |
| Pechora-Ilych Nature Reservelocation not on record | 2 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 2 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 2 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 2 |
| Xian, CN | 2 |
| Zürich, CH | 2 |
| Heilongjiang Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Kunming, CN | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Bloomington, US | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Kuopio, FI | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| Bourges, FR | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Oulu, FI | 1 |
| UniKSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Wellington, NZ | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Dunkellocation not on record | 1 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sion, CH | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Trondheim, NO | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Uniwersytet w Białymstokulocation not on record | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation 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 Anemone sylvestris 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.