Aruncus dioicus
(Walter) Fernald · speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Aruncus dioicus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility83 288 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI18 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 specimens↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
giftgenome & karyotype
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & 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.
Aruncus dioicus, known as goat's beard, buck's-beard or bride's feathers, is a flowering herbaceous perennial plant in the family Rosaceae, and is the type species of the genus Aruncus. It has alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thin, stiff stems, with plumes of feathery white or cream flowers borne in summer. This plant can be found in moist woodland, often at higher altitudes, throughout temperate areas of Europe, Asia, and eastern and western North America. In the UK it is considered suitable for planting in and around water areas,BS 7370-5 Recommendations for maintenance of water areas and has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The Latin specific epithet dioicus means "having the male reproductive organs on one plant, and the female on another". The leaves are alternate and pinnately compound. Leaflets are sharply compoundly-serrate. In Italy the young shoots are eaten, usually boiled briefly in herb infused water, and then cooked with eggs and cheese. In Friuli it is one of the ingredients in the local home-made soup based on wild greens called 'pistic'. Aruncus dioicus var. kamtschaticus has shown potent cytotoxicity against Jurkat T cells.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology17
Life cycle & reproduction16
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment13
Physiology & chemistry7
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Aruncus dioicus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds31 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2S)-2-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-5-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-2,3-dihydropyran-6-one | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S)-6-(2-ethoxy-2-methylpropylidene)-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydropyran-4-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S,6Z)-6-(2-ethoxy-2-methylpropylidene)-3-hydroxy-2,3-dihydropyran-4-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (E)-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]prop-2-en-1-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 1-O-Caffeoyl-beta-D-glucose | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-dihydroxy-3-((2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-(4-Hydroxy-3-Methoxyphenyl)Prop-2-Enoic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-1-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]prop-2-en-1-one | present | LOTUS | |
| 3-[(1S,2S)-1,2-dihydroxy-4-methylpent-3-enyl]-2H-furan-5-one | present | LOTUS |
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 Aruncus dioicus 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 Aruncus dioicus 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 1828×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · iapt +9
2n 142×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 162×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
2n 361×CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
n 92×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71
diploid2×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · GIFT · GIFT (floras)
polyploid 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 type83 288 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 institutions95 of 169 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Uniwersytet Wrocławskilocation not on record | 492 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 428 |
| Salzburg, AT | 207 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 147 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 122 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 115 |
| Angwin, US | 81 |
| Olocation not on record | 79 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 62 |
| Lausanne, CH | 62 |
| LDlocation not on record | 54 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 52 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 49 |
| Trondheim, NO | 48 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 44 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 40 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 35 |
| Görlitz, DE | 31 |
| Bangkok, TH | 30 |
| Bern, CH | 29 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 29 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 28 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 26 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 24 |
| Bergen, NO | 22 |
| Helsinki, FI | 22 |
| Williamsburg, US | 20 |
| KURAlocation not on record | 19 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 15 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 15 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 14 |
| Jackson, US | 13 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 13 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 12 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 12 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 12 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 12 |
| Vancouver, CA | 11 |
| Morgantown, US | 11 |
| Mlocation not on record | 11 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 11 |
| BClocation not on record | 10 |
| Victoria, CA | 10 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 10 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 9 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 9 |
| San Sebastián, ES | 9 |
| Vitoria, ES | 9 |
| Berlin, DE | 8 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 8 |
| Knoxville, US | 7 |
| Wlocation not on record | 7 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 7 |
| MAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Jagiellońskilocation not on record | 7 |
| Barcelona, ES | 7 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 7 |
| College Park, US | 7 |
| Tacoma, US | 7 |
| Salamanca, ES | 6 |
| Norfolk, US | 6 |
| Zürich, CH | 6 |
| Glarus, CH | 5 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 5 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 5 |
| New Haven, US | 5 |
| West Virginia Wesleyan Collegelocation not on record | 4 |
| Pamplona, ES | 4 |
| Oulu, FI | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| DMZ botanic gardenlocation not on record | 4 |
| Bourges, FR | 4 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 4 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| H-Schuhwlocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 4 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Dekalb, US | 3 |
| Riverside, US | 3 |
| Nanjing, CN | 3 |
| Badajoz, ES | 3 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tampa, US | 3 |
| Washington, US | 3 |
| Millersville, US | 3 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Saint Louis, US | 3 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 3 |
| Johnson City, US | 3 |
| GAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Tartu, EE | 3 |
| Clemson, US | 3 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 3 |
| Macomb, US | 3 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 3 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| China Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Kuopio, FI | 2 |
| South Kensington, GB | 2 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 2 |
| Corvallis, US | 2 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 2 |
| Fulda, DE | 2 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 2 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Beijing, CN | 2 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 2 |
| St. Paul, US | 2 |
| PRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Staten Island, US | 2 |
| Tennessee Technological Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Northridge, US | 2 |
| Sant Julià de Lòria, AD | 2 |
| Sion, CH | 2 |
| Burlington, US | 2 |
| Madrid, ES | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Dresden, DE | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| IPE-CSIClocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of B. A. Bennettlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 1 |
| Pittsburg, US | 1 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Herbarium and Plant Laboratories, Nepallocation not on record | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| McGill University, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Acadia Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Mexico City, MX | 1 |
| Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden-Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 1 |
| Cambridge, US | 1 |
| Maryland Department of Natural Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Tilburg, NL | 1 |
| Elikins, US | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Logan, US | 1 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 1 |
| Asheville, US | 1 |
| Bothell, US | 1 |
| Sede dell'Orto botanico del Museo di Storia naturale dell'Università degli Studi di Parmalocation not on record | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| PrivatHerblocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| Fairfax, US | 1 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 1 |
| CICYTEXlocation 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 Aruncus dioicus 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.