Asarum europaeum
speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Asarum europaeum's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility102 826 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI430 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics16 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Asarum europaeum, commonly known as asarabacca, European wild ginger, hazelwort, and wild spikenard, is a species of flowering plant in the birthwort family Aristolochiaceae, native to large parts of temperate Europe, and also cultivated in gardens. It is a creeping evergreen perennial with glossy green, kidney shaped leaves and solitary dull purple flowers hidden by the leaves. Though its roots have a ginger aroma, it is not closely related to the true culinary ginger Zingiber officinale, which originates in tropical Asian rainforests. It is sometimes harvested for use as a spice or a flavoring. In former days, it was used in snuff and also medicinally as an emetic and cathartic.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology10
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry8
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Asarum europaeum across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile4 classes
Documented compounds18 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-alpha-Pinene | present | LOTUS | |
| (E)-Aconitic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| 1,2,4-Trimethoxy-5-(1-propenyl)benzene | present | LOTUS | |
| 2,4,5-Trimethoxybenzaldehyde | present | NPASS | |
| Aconitic Acid | present | LOTUS | |
| Beta-Asarone | present | LOTUS | |
| cis-Sinapic acid | present | NPASS | |
| Dimethylamine | present | NPASS | |
| DJMIFDZBCUUQJN-NTSWFWBYSA-N | present | NPASS | |
| DJMIFDZBCUUQJN-WDSKDSINSA-N | present | NPASS |
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 Asarum europaeum 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 Asarum europaeum 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 2627×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · slov-fl +8
2n 401×CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants
n 131×CCDB · Cave1956
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Record type102 826 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 institutions50 of 117 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 | 8 720 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 417 |
| Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowielocation not on record | 269 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 184 |
| Salzburg, AT | 170 |
| Tartu, EE | 89 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 89 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 77 |
| GBS RAN - Glavny Botanichesky Sad Rossijskoj Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 74 |
| POL017location not on record | 70 |
| Uppsala, SE | 69 |
| Philadelphia, US | 66 |
| Görlitz, DE | 64 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 56 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 52 |
| LDlocation not on record | 49 |
| Helsinki, FI | 47 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 45 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 41 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 39 |
| Bern, CH | 38 |
| Olocation not on record | 38 |
| Tallinn, EE | 37 |
| Dresden, DE | 32 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 32 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 30 |
| Tula State Lev Tolstoy Pedagogical Universitylocation not on record | 28 |
| Mlocation not on record | 28 |
| Oulu, FI | 23 |
| Tula State Universitylocation not on record | 22 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 21 |
| Zürich, CH | 17 |
| Wlocation not on record | 17 |
| PRClocation not on record | 16 |
| Zürich, CH | 14 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 13 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 12 |
| South Kensington, GB | 12 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 11 |
| Fulda, DE | 11 |
| LfUlocation not on record | 9 |
| The Tula Region State Institution of Culture "Tula Museum Association"location not on record | 8 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 8 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 8 |
| Turku, FI | 8 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 8 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 7 |
| Tampere, FI | 7 |
| Winterthur, CH | 7 |
| Uniwersytet Opolskilocation not on record | 6 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 5 |
| University of Gdansk, Dept. of Plant Taxonomy & Nature Conservationlocation not on record | 5 |
| Bergen, NO | 5 |
| Uniwersytet Warszawskilocation not on record | 5 |
| Bourges, FR | 5 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| Glarus, CH | 4 |
| Porvoo, FI | 4 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 4 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 4 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 4 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tilburg, NL | 4 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 4 |
| Kuopio, FI | 3 |
| Berlin, DE | 3 |
| Sion, CH | 3 |
| Samara National Research Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Trondheim, NO | 3 |
| US | 3 |
| Minia, EG | 3 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| UoB-IBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Vancouver, CA | 3 |
| New Haven, US | 3 |
| Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisienlocation not on record | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 2 |
| Herb. BBGlocation not on record | 2 |
| Durham, US | 2 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 2 |
| H-AkrKGlocation not on record | 2 |
| BSBIlocation not on record | 2 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 2 |
| SNSNMClocation not on record | 2 |
| Taipei, TW | 2 |
| Prioksko-Terrasnyi Biosphere Reservelocation not on record | 2 |
| Dekalb, US | 2 |
| TROMlocation not on record | 2 |
| The State Museum-Preserve "The Kulikovo pole"location not on record | 2 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| München, DE | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| FLADlocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Saint Louis, US | 1 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Paris, FR | 1 |
| No collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Namur, BE | 1 |
| ULBF-AGRlocation not on record | 1 |
| TUR-Alocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 1 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tromso University Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| SZUlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 1 |
| H-Wolflocation 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 Asarum europaeum 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.