Asparagus densiflorus
(Kunth) Jessop · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Asparagus densiflorus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 532 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System6 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI25 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics32 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↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri' Asparagus densiflorus, the asparagus fern, plume asparagus or foxtail fern, is a variable evergreen perennial plant, closely related to the vegetable asparagus. It is native to southern Africa, from Mozambique to South Africa, but is widely cultivated.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology15
Life cycle & reproduction12
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment9
Physiology & chemistry2
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Asparagus densiflorus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile1 class
Documented compounds4 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-[4-Hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2-(5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl)oxy-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-3-yl]oxy-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-[[3,4-Dihydroxy-6-(5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl)oxy-5-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]-6-methyloxane-3,4,5-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| 2-Methyl-6-[[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icos-18-ene-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]methoxy]oxane-3,4,5-triol | present | LOTUS | |
| CID 131863028 | 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 Asparagus densiflorus 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 Asparagus densiflorus 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 405×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · TreeOfSex · plant
2n 204×CCDB · book-fedorov · CCDB · book-atlas-flowering-plants · CCDB · kew
2n 601×CCDB · book-ipcn66
n 203×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · TreeOfSex · plant
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-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 type1 538 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 95 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Pretoria, ZA | 88 |
| Durban, ZA | 52 |
| Saint Louis, US | 14 |
| Buffelskloof Private Nature Reserve, Herbariumlocation not on record | 12 |
| Honolulu, US | 9 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 8 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 7 |
| Riverside, US | 7 |
| Miami, US | 7 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 6 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 5 |
| Durango, MX | 5 |
| Mérida, MX | 5 |
| Berlin, DE | 5 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 5 |
| Beijing, CN | 5 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 4 |
| College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bern, CH | 3 |
| Clemson, US | 3 |
| QVMAGlocation not on record | 3 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 3 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 2 |
| LNBG$location not on record | 2 |
| Tapachula, MX | 2 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| BMlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 2 |
| Maringá, BR | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Yangling, CN | 2 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 2 |
| Cape Town, ZA | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 2 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 2 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Blumenau, BR | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Guilin, CN | 1 |
| Salvador, BR | 1 |
| San Diego, US | 1 |
| Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paranálocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| San José, CR | 1 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 1 |
| Xining, CN | 1 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 1 |
| Henry Brockhouse Collectionlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNISANTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 1 |
| Ischia Marine Centrelocation not on record | 1 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Ensenada, MX | 1 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Claremont, US | 1 |
| BClocation not on record | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| León, NI | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 1 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| Canberra, AU | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| Catalina Island Conservancylocation 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 Asparagus densiflorus 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.