Compounds documented for Aristolochia ringens across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 ringens has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens5
Marker genes3
GenBank sequences10
eDNA detections7
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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★rbcL3★ITS4
plant barcodefungal barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAristolochia ringens 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.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Yu, W., L. q. Huang & C. y. Cheng. 1995. A preliminary cytotaxonomical study on the Chinese Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae). Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 15(2): 199–205, pl.I–III.
Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Coordinate accuracy71% within 1 km
≤100 m 63≤1 km 26≤10 km 14>10 km 22
125 georeferenced · 103 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor228
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 accuracy68% within 1 km
≤100 m 11≤1 km 27≤10 km 12>10 km 6
56 georeferenced · 209 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence265
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 1
2 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates
Open the mapnot free-living3
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 institutions25 of 59 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Saint Louis, US
30
Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record
16
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
12
National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record
11
Bronx, US
11
Smithfield, AU
10
Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record
8
Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record
8
Brisbane, AU
7
Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record
7
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record
6
Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record
6
Berlin, DE
5
Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)location not on record
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
MAlocation not on record
4
COLlocation not on record
3
Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV
3
San José, CR
3
HAWlocation not on record
3
Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (MNCR)location not on record
3
Tampa, US
3
Universidad del Valle (UV)location not on record
2
Guatemala, GT
2
Department of Botany Herbarium Ahmadu Bello University, Zarialocation not on record
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Altos de Pipe, VE
2
Ilhéus, BR
2
Kew, GB
2
Instituto de Investigaciones Botánicas y Zoológicas - Prof. Rafael M. Moscoso, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingolocation not on record
2
Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record
2
Chicago, US
2
Frankfurt am Main
2
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
2
WAGlocation not on record
2
MeiseBGlocation not on record
2
Christchurch, NZ
2
Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas (UDistrital)location not on record
1
Montréal, CA
1
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
1
James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record
1
Llocation not on record
1
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
1
Cambridge, US
1
Plocation not on record
1
Universidad Pedogógica y Tecnológica de Colombialocation not on record
1
South Kensington, GB
1
University of Calabar/Department of Plant and Ecological Studies Herbariumlocation not on record
1
St. Augustine, TT
1
Honolulu, US
1
Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record
1
Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad Herbario, Costa Ricalocation not on record
1
INBIOlocation not on record
1
Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record
1
Palmerston, AU
1
Cambridge, US
1
Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record
1
Canberra, AU
1
Paris, FR
1
59 institutions · 221 of 265 vouchered records shown · 44 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 DNA7 detections
Where the DNA of Aristolochia ringens 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 found7
Studies independent surveys1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 7 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.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility501 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI7 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics5 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype