Angelica archangelica
speciesAt a glance
Sources16 archives
Databases and archives Angelica archangelica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation15 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility33 538 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI20 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics41 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
dukesphytochemcompounds
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.
Angelica archangelica, commonly known as garden angelica, wild celery, and Norwegian angelica, is a biennial plant from the family Apiaceae, a subspecies of which is cultivated for its sweetly scented edible stems and roots. Like several other species in Apiaceae, its appearance is similar to several poisonous species (Conium, Heracleum, and others), and should not be consumed unless it has been identified with absolute certainty. Synonyms include Archangelica officinalis Hoffm. and Angelica officinalis Moench.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology9
Life cycle & reproduction13
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry7
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Angelica archangelica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds498 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-THUJENE | 870,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 678,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| 1,8-CINEOL | 538,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| OSTHOL | 530,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 427,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| PROTEIN | 325,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| LIMONENE | 227,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| FAT | 203,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem | |
| ALPHA-PINENE | 149,000 ppm | DukesPhytochem |
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 Angelica archangelica 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 Angelica archangelica 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 2250×CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iapt · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +12
n 115×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +1
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-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 type33 538 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 97 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Olocation not on record | 549 |
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 218 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 177 |
| LDlocation not on record | 131 |
| Trondheim, NO | 79 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 76 |
| Garðabær, IS | 67 |
| Uppsala, SE | 57 |
| Turku, FI | 46 |
| Oulu, FI | 37 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 35 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 35 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 35 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 32 |
| Bergen, NO | 32 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 30 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 21 |
| Kuopio, FI | 21 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 20 |
| 17 | |
| Görlitz, DE | 17 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 16 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 14 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 13 |
| South Kensington, GB | 11 |
| Philadelphia, US | 10 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 8 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 7 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 7 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 7 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 7 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 6 |
| Forssa, FI | 6 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Kandalaksha State Nature Reservelocation not on record | 4 |
| Mlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| Porvoo, FI | 3 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 3 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 3 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 3 |
| Brussel, BE | 3 |
| Wlocation not on record | 3 |
| Rovaniemi, FI | 3 |
| Finnish Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 2 |
| Auckland, NZ | 2 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 2 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 1 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 1 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| Fribourg, CH | 1 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| ROM020location not on record | 1 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| ESP026location not on record | 1 |
| AUT001location not on record | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 1 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Sri Ramaswamy Memorial Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| nbflocation not on record | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| Tartu, EE | 1 |
| Zürich, CH | 1 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 1 |
| ROM007location not on record | 1 |
| University of Guelph, OAC Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Garden Edinburghlocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| SWlocation 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 Angelica archangelica 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.