Aspidosperma populifolium is a tree native to Brazil, which is typical of Caatinga vegetation. In addition, it is useful for beekeeping. It was first described by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Compounds documented for Aspidosperma pyrifolium across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Aspidosperma type18
Iridoids monoterpenoids2
Corynanthe type $ Strychnos type1
Corynanthe type1
Aspidosperma type $ Corynanthe type $ Strychnos type1
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 Aspidosperma pyrifolium has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
DNA specimens8
Marker genes2
GenBank sequences9
eDNA detections5
Countries1
The DNA barcodea real sequence read deposited for this species
★ 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.
★matK5★rbcL4
plant barcode
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAspidosperma pyrifolium 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.
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
DNA clock origin11.8 Ma TimeTree
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.
DNA clock origin
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type2 231 records
Wild obs. + sensor123
Museum / vouchered2 108
Origin
Native556
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO4 524 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 accuracy58% within 1 km
≤100 m 18≤1 km 4≤10 km 16
38 georeferenced · 85 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor123
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 accuracy17% within 1 km
≤100 m 1≤1 km 1≤10 km 7>10 km 3
12 georeferenced · 2 096 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2 108
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 institutions34 of 97 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record
257
UNIVASFlocation not on record
236
Bronx, US
132
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record
131
UNICAMPlocation not on record
95
Chaguaramas, TT
72
Feira de Santana, BR
70
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record
59
UFRPElocation not on record
55
Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record
53
Masindi, UG
51
Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record
48
JBRJlocation not on record
46
Cenargenlocation not on record
45
UFPElocation not on record
45
UFBAlocation not on record
43
Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record
41
Brasília, BR
41
Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record
40
Saint Louis, US
32
Chicago, US
30
Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record
28
Fortaleza, BR
26
UnBlocation not on record
26
Kew, GB
25
UFMSlocation not on record
25
San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record
25
USP-IBlocation not on record
22
CEPLAClocation not on record
21
Salvador, BR
21
Campo Grande, BR
20
UFERSAlocation not on record
19
Teresina, BR
16
Brasília, BR
13
CPATSAlocation not on record
13
Bogotá, D.C., CO
12
Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record
12
HACAMlocation not on record
12
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO
9
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record
7
CJBGlocation not on record
7
UNESP-FCAlocation not on record
7
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record
6
UFMGlocation not on record
5
Ilhéus, BR
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
5
UESBlocation not on record
5
ASUlocation not on record
4
Cruz das Almas, BR
4
Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record
4
UFSClocation not on record
3
UNITINSlocation not on record
3
URCAlocation not on record
3
UNESP-RClocation not on record
3
Universidade Paulistalocation not on record
3
UFSCarlocation not on record
3
IPA/SPlocation not on record
3
San Isidro, AR
2
Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record
2
UFVJMlocation not on record
2
UNICAPlocation not on record
2
Fort Worth, US
2
South Kensington, GB
2
Ivano-Frankivsk, UA
2
Stockholm, SE
2
Blumenau, BR
2
Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record
2
FPMZBlocation not on record
2
San José, CR
2
UFPRlocation not on record
2
Monastir, TN
1
Xiamen, CN
1
IANIGLAlocation not on record
1
Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record
1
Corrientes, AR
1
Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record
1
Frankfurt am Main
1
Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahialocation not on record
1
Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record
1
Tampa, US
1
UFESlocation not on record
1
MAlocation not on record
1
Wlocation not on record
1
Davis, US
1
Austin, US
1
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record
1
Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record
1
Santa Teresa, BR
1
UFOPlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-SLlocation not on record
1
UTFPR-CPlocation not on record
1
INMAlocation not on record
1
Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record
1
Universidad Nacional de Asunciónlocation not on record
1
Cuiabá, BR
1
Aarhus, DK
1
MUFALlocation not on record
1
97 institutions · 2 100 of 2 108 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code
09Environmental DNA5 detections
Where the DNA of Aspidosperma pyrifolium 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 found5
Studies independent surveys1
Countries1
Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections
Where its DNA was found
0 of 5 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 median27.9 °C 27.9–27.9
Seasonal swing summer↔winter3.20 °C
Max temp (day)33.3 °C
Min temp (night)22.4 °C
Precipitation55.4 mm/mo
Air humidity53.6 %
Moisture balance-127 mm/mo
Vapour deficit1,742 Pa
Wind speed4.40 m/s
Cloud cover27.0 %
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.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 231 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI5 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics8 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↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗