Asparagus horridus

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Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Asparagus

At a glance

Occurrence records11 830

Data sources10

Biological traits41

DNA specimens4

eDNA detections1

Sources10 archives

Databases and archives Asparagus horridus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility11 830 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics4 specimens↗

LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗

GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗

CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗

PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype

Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗

On this page7 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources41 traits

Chemical compositionLOTUS4 compounds

Occurrence & distributionGBIF11 830 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD4 specimens

Genome at a glanceCCDB · TreeOfSex2n = 20

01Narrative

]</mapframe> }} Asparagus horridus is a species of shrub in the family Asparagaceae. They are climbing plants. They have simple, broad leaves and fleshy fruit. Individuals can grow to 1 m tall. The species is native to Algeria, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands, Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, Italy, Crete, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Spain and Tunisia.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFTTRY

Size & morphology17

Fruit length max7 mm

Fruit length min5 mm

Fruit width max7 mm

Fruit width min5 mm

Leaf length max35 mm

Leaf length min15 mm

Leaf width max2 mm

Leaf width min0.5 mm

Plant height0.458 m

Plant height max1 m

Plant height min0.6 m

Seed mass19.18 mg

⚠ sources differ — TRY: 19.18 mg · GIFT: 22.44 mg

Seed mass max25.71 mg

Seed mass min19.18 mg

Seed volume19 mm³

Seed volume max19 mm³

Seed volume min19 mm³

Life cycle & reproduction10

Deciduousnessevergreen

Dehiscenceindehiscent

Flower colourgreen

Flower length max3.5 mm

Flower length min2.5 mm

Flowering endJun

Flowering startFeb

Life formshrub

Life spanperennial

Raunkiær life formchamaephyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment11

Aquaticterrestrial

Climatesubtropical

Climberself-supporting

Elevation max700 m

Elevation min0 m

Epiphyteterrestrial

Fruit colourblack

Fruit fleshinessfleshy

Fruit typeberry

Growth formshrub

⚠ sources differ — GIFT: shrub · TRY: herb

Woodinessnon-woody

⚠ sources differ — TRY: non-woody · GIFT: woody

Physiology & chemistry1

Photosynthetic pathwayC3

Other traits1

Defenseyes

03Chemical composition4 compounds

Compounds documented for Asparagus horridus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").

Compound class profile3 classes

Carboline alkaloids2

Spirostane steroids1

Dammarane and Protostane triterpenoids1

Documented compounds4 total

Tissue Source Quantified only

Compound	Amount	Source
(3R,4S,5R)-2-[(2R,3S,4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[(4S,5'S,6R,7S,9S,13S,16S)-5',7,9,13-tetramethylspiro[5-oxapentacyclo[10.8.0.02,9.04,8.013,18]icosane-6,2'-oxane]-16-yl]oxy-5-[(3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-3-yl]oxyoxane-3,4,5-triol	present	LOTUS
13-Hydroxy-7,17-diazatetracyclo[8.7.0.03,7.011,16]heptadeca-1(10),3,5,11(16),12,14-hexaen-2-one	present	LOTUS
7,17-Diazatetracyclo[8.7.0.03,7.011,16]heptadeca-1(10),3,5,11,13,15-hexaen-2-one	present	LOTUS
[(2R,3S,4R,5R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-6-[[(1S,2R,5R,7S,10R,11R,14R,16S,18S,20S)-16-hydroxy-2,6,6,10,16-pentamethyl-18-[(2R)-3-methylbut-3-en-2-yl]-19,21-dioxahexacyclo[18.2.1.01,14.02,11.05,10.015,20]tricosan-7-yl]oxy]-5-[(3R,4S,5S,6S)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-4-yl]oxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-3-yl] hydrogen sulfate	present	LOTUS

05DNA & barcoding4 specimens

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 horridus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens4

Marker genes4

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ 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.

★matK★rbcL★ITS2trnH-psbA

plant barcodefungal barcodemarker

06Genome at a glanceCCDB · TreeOfSex

The complete instruction manual Asparagus horridus 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.

Chromosomes2n = 20 n = 10

Ploidydiploid inferred

Chromosome records20–202n range20median20mode12records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 2012×CCDB · ita-fl · CCDB · fl-europaea · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +4

CCDB · ita-fl — BOZZINI A. - 1959. Revisione citosistematica del genere Asparagus L. 1:Le specie di Asparagus della flora italiana e chiavi analitiche per la loro determinazione.. Caryologia , 12(2): 199-264.

CCDB · ita-fl — BRULLO S., PAVONE P., TERRASI M.C. - 1979. Numeri cromosomici per la flora italiana:632-646.. Inform. Bot. Ital. , 11(2): 161-171.

CCDB · fl-europaea — Bozzini, 1959

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Bramwell, D., J. P. Paz & J. Ortega. 1976. Studies in the flora of Macaronesia: some chromosome numbers of flowering plants. Bot. Macaronés. IV, Cien. 1: 9–16.

CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Ramos Martínez, A. 1989. Aportaciones al conocimiento cariológico del género Asparagus (Liliaceae) en las Islas Canarias. Bot. Macaronés. IV, Cien. 18: 3–14.

CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 — BORGEN L. 1970. Chromosome numbers of Macaronesian flowering plants. Nytt Mag. Bot. 17: 145-161.

CCDB · book-fedorov — Reese 1957

CCDB · book-fedorov — Bozzini 1959

CCDB · Cave1957 — Reese

TreeOfSex · plant — Goldblatt1979 ↗

n 103×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015

CCDB · iber-fl — IOPB. Chromosome number reports. LII. Palomeque, T. & M. Ruz Rejn.Taxon25(2/3): 346(1976).

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Ruiz Rejon 1976

CCDB · CromoCat 2015 — Ruíz Rejón, M. (1976a). Reports [In Löve, A. (ed.), IOPB chromosome numbers reports LII]. Taxon 25(2/3): 341-342.

n 202×CCDB · iber-fl · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78

CCDB · iber-fl — Estudios cariolgicos en especies espaolas del orden Liliales. III. Liliaceae. Ruz Rejn, M.Anales Inst. Bot. Cavanilles34(2): 733-759(1978).

CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 — Ruiz Rejon 1978

n 81×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74

CCDB · book-ipcn73-74 — EL-SADEK, L.M., & F.M. ASHOUR. 1972. Chromosome counts of some I Egyptian plants. Bot. Notiser 125: 536.

Ploidy records — measured levels and diploid/polyploid inferences · click for sources

diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale

PloiDB · genus-scale — chromEvol; reliability=1.000 ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type11 830 records

Wild obs. + sensor11 155

Museum / vouchered266

Other409

Origin

Native4 818

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO16 056 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy73% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 009≤1 km 5 172≤10 km 2 284>10 km 41

8 506 georeferenced · 2 649 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor11 155

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 5≤1 km 75≤10 km 37

117 georeferenced · 149 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence266

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 institutions12 of 31 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
MAlocation not on record	51
València, ES	36
College of the Atlantic, Museumlocation not on record	18
BDBClocation not on record	18
Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record	15
Granada, ES	12
UIBlocation not on record	12
Alicante, ES	12
BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record	9
Jaén, ES	9
JBSlocation not on record	7
Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record	7
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record	6
EEZA-CSIClocation not on record	5
Córdoba, ES	5
Wlocation not on record	4
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record	3
LDlocation not on record	3
Vitoria, ES	3
Rishon Le Zion, IL	3
Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record	2
Badajoz, ES	2
BClocation not on record	2
ISAlocation not on record	2
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record	1
Frankfurt am Main	1
MeiseBGlocation not on record	1
Museo della Bonifica di San Donà di Piavelocation not on record	1
Saint Louis, US	1
Wellington, NZ	1
Dresden, DE	1

31 institutions · 253 of 266 vouchered records shown · 13 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Asparagus horridus 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 found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

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.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median13.6 °C 13.6–13.6

Seasonal swing summer↔winter26.3 °C

Max temp (day)19.5 °C

Min temp (night)8.70 °C

Precipitation114 mm/mo

Air humidity54.5 %

Moisture balance0.9 mm/mo

Vapour deficit709 Pa

Wind speed4.00 m/s

Cloud cover44.5 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

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.

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Asparagus horridus

At a glance

Sources10 archives

Size & morphology17

Life cycle & reproduction10

Diet & foraging1

Habitat & environment11

Physiology & chemistry1

Other traits1

Compound class profile3 classes

Documented compounds4 total

At a glance

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type11 830 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions12 of 31 geolocated

Signal

Where its DNA was found

How strong is each trace?

Modelled climatemodelled

Record type11 830 records