Compounds documented for Aspilia africana across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
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 Aspilia africana has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
06Genome at a glanceCCDB
The complete instruction manualAspilia africana 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 = 28 n = 14
Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references
2n 281×CCDB · book-ipcn72
CCDB · book-ipcn72 — GADELLA, T.W.J. 1972. Cytological studies on some flowering plants collected in Africa. Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 42: 393-402.
n 134×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, L. S. & I. D. Omoigui. 1988. Cytomorphology of the tribe Heliantheae (Asteraceae) from southern Nigeria. Feddes Repert. 99: 1–13.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, L. S. & I. D. Omoigui. 1987. The incidence of polyploidy in family Asteraceae in southern Nigeria. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 10: 177–184.
n 144×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Husaini, S. W. H. & G. A. Iwo. 1990. Cytology of some weedy species of the family Compositae (Asteraceae) from Jos Plateau, Nigeria. Feddes Repert. 101: 49–62.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, L. S. & I. D. Omoigui. 1988. Cytomorphology of the tribe Heliantheae (Asteraceae) from southern Nigeria. Feddes Repert. 99: 1–13.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Gill, L. S. & I. D. Omoigui. 1987. The incidence of polyploidy in family Asteraceae in southern Nigeria. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég., Bot. 10: 177–184.
CCDB · ipcn-api-dl — Pilz, G. E. 1980. In Chromosome number reports LXVII. Taxon 29: 352–353.
08Occurrence & distribution
Record type1 477 records
Wild obs. + sensor655
Museum / vouchered777
Other45
Range
Area of Occupancy AOO3 092 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 accuracy54% within 1 km
≤100 m 5≤1 km 2≤10 km 6
13 georeferenced · 642 without coordinates
Open the mapobservation + sensor655
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 accuracy100% within 1 km
≤1 km 1
1 georeferenced · 776 without coordinates
Open the institutions mapphysical evidence777
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 institutions11 of 50 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
Institution
Specimens
LaCarto/IGATE/UAClocation not on record
173
Saint Louis, US
66
HNBlocation not on record
45
Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record
37
Kew, GB
33
Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record
31
WAGlocation not on record
31
Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record
23
LBVlocation not on record
22
Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record
20
LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record
20
Plocation not on record
17
Yaoundé, CM
15
Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles (CRSN/Lwiro)location not on record
14
CNF-UFHBlocation not on record
13
Paris, FR
11
Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record
10
BRLUlocation not on record
7
Frankfurt am Main
6
Université National du Béninlocation not on record
5
University of Stellenboschlocation not on record
4
LEA/FSA/UAClocation not on record
4
MeiseBGlocation not on record
3
Berlin, DE
3
Uppsala, SE
2
LSFlocation not on record
2
Moscow State Universitylocation not on record
2
IPHAMETRAlocation not on record
2
Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH)location not on record
2
Pretoria, ZA
2
Goucher Collegelocation not on record
2
Forestry Research Institute of Nigerialocation not on record
2
University of Hamburglocation not on record
2
Glocation not on record
2
UJLOGlocation not on record
2
Clocation not on record
1
EAlocation not on record
1
LDlocation not on record
1
Bronx, US
1
MAlocation not on record
1
LISClocation not on record
1
POZGlocation not on record
1
Ojo, NG
1
Helsinki, FI
1
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record
1
University of Calabar/Department of Plant and Ecological Studies Herbariumlocation not on record
1
National Herbarium & Botanic Gardens of Malawilocation not on record
1
EFGlocation not on record
1
Université Nangui Abrogoualocation not on record
1
CMULlocation not on record
1
50 institutions · 650 of 777 vouchered records shown · 127 without an institution code
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 477 records↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗