Aristolochia pontica

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Piperales/Aristolochiaceae/Aristolochia

At a glance

Occurrence records32

Data sources9

Biological traits10

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aristolochia pontica's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility32 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & 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 sources10 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS8 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF32 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 0 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB2n = 14

01Narrative

Aristolochia pontica is a species of perennial plant in the family Aristolochiaceae. It is found in the Republic of Georgia, Turkey, Lebanon, and Greece.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology3

Plant height max0.5 m

Plant height min0.3 m

Seed mass13.65 mg

Life cycle & reproduction4

Flowering endMay

Flowering startApr

Life formtuberous geophyte

Life spanperennial

Habitat & environment3

Climatetemperate

Climberfacultative

Habitat GIFTforest, shrubberies

03Chemical composition8 compounds

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

Compound class profile2 classes

Aporphine alkaloids6

Furanoid lignans2

Documented compounds8 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(-)-machilin-I	present	LOTUS
16-Methoxy-3,5-dioxa-10-azapentacyclo[9.7.1.02,6.08,19.013,18]nonadeca-1(18),2(6),7,11(19),12,14,16-heptaen-9-one	present	LOTUS
7-Methoxyaristolochic acid II	present	LOTUS
9-Methoxyaristolactam I	present	LOTUS
Aristolactam	present	LOTUS
Aristolochic Acid	present	LOTUS
Aristolochic Acid Ii	present	LOTUS
Nectandrin B	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding1 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 Aristolochia pontica has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

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.

★matK

plant barcode

06Genome at a glanceCCDB

The complete instruction manual Aristolochia pontica 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.

Chromosomes2n = 14 n = 7

Ploidydiploid inferred

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

2n 141×CCDB · nw-europe-fl

CCDB · nw-europe-fl — http://wbd.etibioinformatics.nl/bis/flora.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=1591

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 type32 records

Wild obs. + sensor17

Museum / vouchered15

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO76 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 accuracy92% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 1≤10 km 1

12 georeferenced · 5 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor17

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 accuracy14% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 6

7 georeferenced · 8 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence15

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 5 geolocated

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

Institution	Specimens
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	8
BRNUlocation not on record	2
Saint Louis, US	1
Institute of Botany, Ilia State Universitylocation not on record	1
Edinburgh, GB	1

5 institutions · 13 of 15 vouchered records shown · 2 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Aristolochia pontica 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

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

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map0 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.

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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