Aronia melanocarpa
(Michx.) Elliott · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Aronia melanocarpa's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 488 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI11 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics13 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
foodatlascompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Aronia melanocarpa, called the black chokeberry, is a species of shrubs in the rose family native to eastern North America, ranging from Canada to the central United States, from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south as far as Arkansas, Alabama, and Georgia. This plant has been introduced and is cultivated in Europe. It is a branching shrub with glossy dark green leaves that take on a red color in the autumn; it grows well in the sun and part-shade, often to heights of six feet or more, forming clumps by means of stems rising from the roots. Its flowers are white or pink, appearing at the end of spring and producing black fruits in September. The plants are relatively easy to clone and root, with summer being the optimal time to take cuttings. Some birds eat the berries. When raw, the fruits are astringent, but the flavor improves when used in recipes with added sugar.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology4
Life cycle & reproduction25
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment23
Physiology & chemistry18
Uses & economy14
Other traits6
Compounds documented for Aronia melanocarpa across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds167 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANTHOCYANIN | 13,153 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| flavonoid | 1,012.98 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| FLAVONOIDS | 1,012.98 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| hydroxyflavan | 659 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| quercetin 3-o-beta-d-glucofuranoside | 67 mg/100g | FoodAtlas | |
| LYCOPENE | 0.6 mg/100g | FoodAtlas |
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 Aronia melanocarpa 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 Aronia melanocarpa 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 342×CCDB · nw-europe-fl · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · family-scale
Record type8 488 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 institutions64 of 101 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Université Lavallocation not on record | 216 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 198 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 142 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 122 |
| Toronto, CA | 100 |
| St. Paul, US | 97 |
| Burlington, US | 82 |
| Madison, US | 80 |
| Québec, CA | 79 |
| Bronx, US | 69 |
| Bloomington, US | 62 |
| Bangkok, TH | 55 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 54 |
| Montréal, CA | 40 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 32 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 27 |
| Trois-Rivières, CA | 22 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 22 |
| College Park, US | 19 |
| Philadelphia, US | 19 |
| Tampa, US | 17 |
| Staten Island, US | 16 |
| Saint Louis, US | 14 |
| Durham, US | 11 |
| Tartu, EE | 10 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 10 |
| Dekalb, US | 10 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 9 |
| Mohonk Preservelocation not on record | 9 |
| Millersville, US | 9 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 9 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Philadelphia, US | 6 |
| Whitewater, US | 6 |
| Olocation not on record | 5 |
| Oswego, US | 5 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 4 |
| Kingston, US | 4 |
| Johnson City, US | 4 |
| Williamsburg, US | 4 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 3 |
| Royal Ontario Museum, Green Plant Herbarium (TRT)location not on record | 3 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 3 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 3 |
| Boise, US | 3 |
| Flagstaff, US | 3 |
| Kew, GB | 3 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Dover, US | 2 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 2 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| Hudson, US | 2 |
| Columbia, US | 2 |
| Lord Fairfax Community Collegelocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation not on record | 2 |
| Baltimore, US | 2 |
| Ypsilanti, US | 2 |
| Appalachian State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Keene State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Norfolk, US | 2 |
| Corvallis, US | 2 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 2 |
| Denver, US | 2 |
| Lincoln, US | 2 |
| New Brunswick, US | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| North Carolina Museum of Natural Scienceslocation not on record | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 1 |
| Riverside, US | 1 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 1 |
| Fairfax, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| Meguro Parasitological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Moscow, US | 1 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| Stockholm, SE | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Montréal, CA | 1 |
| EL PASO, US | 1 |
| Universite de Montreal, L'Herbier Marie-Victorinlocation not on record | 1 |
| DULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Jackson, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation 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 Aronia melanocarpa 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.