Asplenium ceterach
speciesAt a glance
Sources12 archives
Databases and archives Asplenium ceterach's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility77 392 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI15 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics12 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach officinarum) is a fern species commonly known as rustyback.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology7
Life cycle & reproduction10
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry3
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Asplenium ceterach across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile3 classes
Documented compounds5 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (1S,2R,3R,4S,5S,6S,8S,9S,10R,13S,16R,17R)-11-ethyl-6-methoxy-13-(methoxymethyl)-11-azahexacyclo[7.7.2.12,5.01,10.03,8.013,17]nonadecane-4,8,16-triol | present | NPASS | |
| (1S,2R,3S,5R,6S,8S,9S,10R,13S,16R,17R)-11-ethyl-8,16-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-13-(methoxymethyl)-11-azahexacyclo[7.7.2.12,5.01,10.03,8.013,17]nonadecan-4-one | present | NPASS | |
| (2S)-5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]oxan-2-yl]oxy-2,3-dihydrochromen-4-one | present | LOTUS | |
| [(1S,2R,3R,4S,5R,6S,8S,9S,10R,13S,16R,17R)-11-ethyl-8,16-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-13-(methoxymethyl)-11-azahexacyclo[7.7.2.12,5.01,10.03,8.013,17]nonadecan-4-yl] acetate | present | NPASS | |
| Isoboldine | 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 Asplenium ceterach 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 Asplenium ceterach 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 1444×GoaT · DTOL Flowering Plants Estimates Kew · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
tetraploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
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 type77 392 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 institutions45 of 86 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 315 |
| South Kensington, GB | 289 |
| Berlin, DE | 243 |
| LDlocation not on record | 209 |
| EEZA-CSIClocation not on record | 117 |
| Zürich, CH | 111 |
| Lausanne, CH | 104 |
| Zürich, CH | 94 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 67 |
| Vitoria, ES | 65 |
| Madrid, ES | 62 |
| Bern, CH | 61 |
| CICYTEXlocation not on record | 50 |
| Wlocation not on record | 42 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 28 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 25 |
| Sevilla, ES | 25 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 17 |
| Wellington, NZ | 16 |
| Granada, ES | 14 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 12 |
| Córdoba, ES | 11 |
| València, ES | 10 |
| Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsinlocation not on record | 9 |
| Bourges, FR | 9 |
| Görlitz, DE | 9 |
| Santiago de Compostela, ES | 9 |
| Dresden, DE | 8 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 7 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 7 |
| Tilburg, NL | 6 |
| Salamanca, ES | 6 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 5 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 5 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 5 |
| Paris, FR | 5 |
| GZUlocation not on record | 5 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Oulu, FI | 4 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Sion, CH | 3 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 3 |
| PRClocation not on record | 3 |
| Badajoz, ES | 3 |
| MAlocation not on record | 3 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 3 |
| BClocation not on record | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Davis, US | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Porvoo, FI | 2 |
| Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V.location not on record | 2 |
| CBDClocation not on record | 2 |
| Sede di Via Giorgio La Pira del Museo di Storia naturale di Firenze | Via Giorgio La Pira headquarter of the Natural History Museum in Florencelocation not on record | 2 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 2 |
| Philadelphia, US | 2 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Museo Achille Folettolocation not on record | 1 |
| Naturalis Biodiversity Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| OLAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Alicante, ES | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Minia, EG | 1 |
| Universidad del Pais Vasco (UPV/EHU)location not on record | 1 |
| Banyoles, ES | 1 |
| Royal Botanic Gardens, Kewlocation not on record | 1 |
| Muzaffarabad, PK | 1 |
| Mlocation not on record | 1 |
| NMWlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universite de Montpellierlocation not on record | 1 |
| Salzburg, AT | 1 |
| Muséum Henri Lecoqlocation not on record | 1 |
| Auckland, NZ | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bronx, US | 1 |
| St. Paul, US | 1 |
| Denver, US | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanoogalocation 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 Asplenium ceterach 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.