Ardisia japonica
(Thunb.) Blume · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Ardisia japonica's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility4 799 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI24 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics18 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Ardisia japonica, known as marlberry, is a species of Ardisia native to eastern Asia, in eastern China, Japan and Korea.Flora of China: Ardisia japonica
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction3
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment10
Physiology & chemistry6
Other traits3
Compounds documented for Ardisia japonica across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds179 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| EO | 2,000 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 Ardisia japonica 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 Ardisia japonica 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.
2n 921×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
2n 961×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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 type4 799 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 institutions62 of 121 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 253 |
| Odawara, JP | 195 |
| Nanjing, CN | 191 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 153 |
| Sanda, JP | 133 |
| Chiba, JP | 108 |
| Toyama, JP | 91 |
| Kochi, JP | 79 |
| Nagano City, JP | 77 |
| Bando, JP | 73 |
| Wuhan, CN | 72 |
| Nagatoro-machi, Chichibu-gun, JP | 67 |
| Chengdu, CN | 65 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 47 |
| Yangling, CN | 46 |
| Shinshu Universitylocation not on record | 45 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 40 |
| Taipei, TW | 39 |
| Seoul, KR | 36 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 33 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 32 |
| Tomioka, JP | 29 |
| Institute for Agricultural Bacteriology and Fermentation Biologylocation not on record | 28 |
| Kunming, CN | 27 |
| Guilin, CN | 25 |
| KR | 25 |
| Shanghai, CN | 22 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 22 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 21 |
| Chengdu, CN | 21 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 20 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 20 |
| Taipei, TW | 20 |
| Central China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 20 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 19 |
| Taipei, TW | 18 |
| Sendai, JP | 16 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 15 |
| JP | 15 |
| Wuhan, CN | 14 |
| Zhejiang Universitylocation not on record | 13 |
| Changsha, CN | 13 |
| KOMlocation not on record | 13 |
| Chengdu, CN | 13 |
| Nanjing, CN | 12 |
| Guiyang, CN | 12 |
| HUFDlocation not on record | 11 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 10 |
| Akita Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 9 |
| Saint Louis, US | 9 |
| FFPRIlocation not on record | 9 |
| Nishihara, JP | 9 |
| Nishihara, JP | 8 |
| Guangxi Institute of Traditional Medical and Pharmaceutical Scienceslocation not on record | 8 |
| Osaka, JP | 7 |
| FJFClocation not on record | 7 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record | 6 |
| Awka, NG | 6 |
| Elocation not on record | 5 |
| Zhuzhou, CN | 5 |
| Shanghai, CN | 4 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 4 |
| J.F.Oberlin Universitylocation not on record | 4 |
| Southwest Forestry Collegelocation not on record | 3 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 3 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 3 |
| Museo universitario di Chietilocation not on record | 3 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 3 |
| Omachi Alpine Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Central China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Columbia, US | 3 |
| Peking Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| Parthenon Tama History Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Xian, CN | 3 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 3 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 3 |
| Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botanylocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 2 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museum Of Natural And Environmental History, Shizuokalocation not on record | 2 |
| GNWPlocation not on record | 2 |
| JGSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Plocation not on record | 2 |
| Tokushima, JP | 2 |
| Xinxiang, CN | 2 |
| Guiyang, CN | 2 |
| Otaru, JP | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Fort Worth, US | 2 |
| US | 2 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| KNAMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Chongqing Natural History Museumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Jiangxi Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Angwin, US | 1 |
| South China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| nlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nagasaki University - Fisherieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Oiso Municipal Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| KIWElocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| 中国林业科学研究院热带林业科学研究所植物标本室location not on record | 1 |
| LDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| CASlocation not on record | 1 |
| SMMUlocation not on record | 1 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jiangxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicinelocation not on record | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukubalocation not on record | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation 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 Ardisia japonica 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.